“This is one more way we can right things for people who needed emergency housing and other MSD support after their Housing NZ tenancies ended because of erroneous meth contamination policies,” Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says. “The Government has...
The consumers price index (CPI) for the June 2019 quarter (to be released on 16 July) will be the first in the world to use administrative rent data in this way to construct the CPI. The new method for measuring rent prices arose from a collaboration with Ministry of...
Delegates and even fellow presenters at the Green property Summit in Auckland took the minister to task for the government not taking the lead by mandating high environmental standards for its own buildings - including schools, hospitals and social housing. “The MBIE...
“There’s been a lot of talk for a long time around retrofitting and warm homes, but we wanted to better direct our resources to improve the lives of families dealing with sickness in cold homes,” says Hutt Mana Charitable Trust Chair John Gwilliam. The Trust already...
Government commitments • Better procurement practices and improved pipeline management • Improved building regulatory systems and consenting processes Industry commitments • Enhanced industry leadership, collaboration and organisation • Better business performance •...
In this newsletter we learn more about the benefits of tenant engagement, the Community Housing Aotearoa Council’s meeting in Tauranga, the briefing papers to and announcements by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford; the Bay of Plenty Smart...
The Herald reported that in Whanganui the Salvation Army have a contract with the Ministry of Social Development that covers seven houses to accommodate people in need for 12 to 24 weeks. “At the end of that time, we often struggle to find affordable housing for...
Background The relationship between housing and recovery from mental illness has been recognised in New Zealand in a number of reports and discussion papers[i]. The Mental Health Commission (1999)[ii] describes this relationship as follows: “The provision of adequate,...
brings together the specialist community focused on homelessness and showcases the expertise within the country, documenting the progress and successes we’ve made in addressing homelessness while clarifying the challenges that remain. Parity Vol30-08 (October) –...
Reported by Janna Sherman of the Hokitika Guardian “One single person has nowhere to live. He has been living on the streets and sleeping rough and staying at other people’s places until they are no longer able to have him,” Ms Timmerman wrote to the...
Tauranga Moana NightshelterPhoto:RNZ / Jo O’Brien Radio New Zealand reported today that about 10 of the 20 men in the shelter have been waiting for homes for more than a year. The man, who did not want to be identified, said before he ended up in the shelter he...