“Auckland is a basket case when it comes to housing affordability,” says Sayers. “It’s of the highest moral imperative for Council to fix.” Auckland must dump the ideology of a compact city and spread out and up to make housing affordable, while simultaneously...
An Auckland company is selling tiny houses for weekly payments of $180 – cheaper than the average weekly cost of renting a room in Auckland. Would-be home owners locked out of the market due to high house prices can rent-to-buy a relocatable unit from Coastal Cabins,...
In September, KiwiBuild launched an Invitation to Pitch (ITP) to companies interested in working with KiwiBuild to supply affordable homes and housing components to the KiwiBuild programme through offsite manufacturing. The ITP closed in November with 105 responses...
This means more first home buyers across New Zealand will be able to apply for a KiwiBuild home using the HomeStart grant and Welcome Home Loan. “Aligning the price caps so they are the same as the KiwiBuild price caps across the country means first home buyers can...
“We want every New Zealander and their families to have a warm, dry home in a safe and healthy community,” Jacinda Ardern says. “Today we are making an initial investment of $1 million to support Papakura Marae’s Papakāinga Plan that will support this community to...
