Shining a light on homelessness and what we can do about it 10 October is World Homeless Day, an opportunity to draw attention to the needs of people experiencing homelessness and provide opportunities for communities to respond. The average life expectancy of someone...
Media release - Community Housing Aotearoa “Putting families into motels is a temporary fix for desperate situations, rather than a sustainable solution to problems of poverty and homelessness,” says Scott Figenshow, Chief Executive of Community Housing Aotearoa. He...
Phil Twyford today unveiled the Mt Roskill Development at the site of a newly built state house. Similar in scale to the Mangere Development, the 143 hectare Mt Roskill Development will be built over the next 10 to 15 years. “Not only will this redevelopment provide...
Smith, the chief executive of Māngere-based Monte Cecilia Housing Trust, will argue that the Labour-led government is not doing enough to meet the housing needs of low-income families, and seems to be putting all its efforts into KiwiBuild houses that will cost up to...
KiwiBuild has today issued an Invitation To Participate (ITP) to offsite manufacturers of housing solutions to support the delivery of 100,000 new affordable homes over the next ten years. Head of KiwiBuild Stephen Barclay says exploring opportunities that offsite...
Cartoon of Phil Twyford by Jacky Carpenter By Geoff Simmons* There’s been discussion lately about the Labour Government slipping through a loophole in its self-imposed debt target. Rather than borrow $2.9 billion itself to build new state homes, it’s instructed...
A new report from the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment shows for much of the population the housing crisis has been building for more than a decade. Community House Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow told Mike Hosking it’s been a long...
