The garden and play area that social housing residents are not allowed to use. Photograph: Graeme Robertson/The Guardian On a hot day in the summer of 2017, a dozen kids at a housing estate in south London went out to their nearby playground. Sprinklers were turned on...
The Tenancy Tribunal has recently made orders totalling nearly $17,000 against three landlords as a result of investigations launched by the Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team. “The Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team (TCIT) proactively assess and...
The Gorge Road site is set to contribute to the district’s significant housing challenge by offering more than 300 high-density homes close to the Queenstown CBD. Mayor Boult was delighted that the vision presented by Ngāi Tahu Property included a much-needed mix of...
The Renwick Flats on Examiner Street - photo by Martin de Ruyter/Stuff The amount of community housing in Nelson could expand if council's proposal to sell its portfolio to other housing providers is approved. In its 2019/2020 Annual Plan Consultation Document, the...
Several options, one of which will become part of a plan to prevent vulnerable families becoming homeless and improve access to housing for those who are homeless, will be discussed at an extraordinary Policy and Regulatory Committee meeting on Monday 25 March. As...
(Photo Naomi Haussman) It’s a miserable Christchurch day, with just a few lunch-break workers sheltering with cigarettes under the awning. Tequilla is at the hangi house in Aranui, sandwiched off the road behind Big Gary’s Fish n Chips and a self-service...
Under a new agreement between Te Puni Kokiri (TPK), the principal adviser on the Crown’s relationship with Māori, and Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, rooms at Te Tini o Porou (formerly the DB Hotel) will be turned into emergency accommodation units. It will provide...
In this article from North Shore Times De Paul house housing co-ordinator Lesley Farmer said the statistic pointed to a new “working poor” trend in Auckland city, even in the relatively affluent North Shore. “Our families are not on drugs, they are...
Radio NZ talked to Juha Kaakinen of the Y Foundation in Finland about this. Listen to Juha Kaakinen on Nine to Noon A recent report by European Union housing organisation FEANTSA found every country in the EU is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness and housing...
“Vision West has a range of housing services that support people in the community in different ways. This includes 50 long-term social houses. They also run six emergency houses supporting up to 24 families a year. Our Housing First service aims to house 112 families...