Paul Majurey, of Marutūāhu descent, chairs the Waimahia and Puhinui Park community housing developments. This was brought together by the Tāmaki Collective of iwi, NZ Housing Foundation, CORT Community Housing and Te Tumu Kainga (the Māori Trustee). Importantly, the...
Bird's eye view of the area in red Taranaki Whānui Limited (the wholly owned commercial arm of Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust) and the Government’s Land for Housing Programme (HUD) have entered into an MoU to collaborate and work together on the future of a...
APNZL supports the view that government investment in public housing is best achieved through not-for-profit organisations putting people’s needs first. "The Government’s decision to allow private developers access to Community Housing supports is a misguided use of...
The KiwiBuild initiative was not the Labour Party's only response to the affordability crisis, or perhaps the most important. Tax proposals, tenancy laws, banning foreign buyers, state house building and infrastructure bonds were all just as important. But KiwiBuild...
This is the opinion of Warwick Quinn, chief executive of New Zealand’s largest construction trade training organisation, BCITO. Quinn says the current review of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework - NZQF - needs to urgently address the issue of vocational...
'We hope to have more social housing but we still don’t know how’ could be a fair summary of recent announcements about the Government’s intentions for social housing. NZCCSS believes that we need a clear public commitment from the Government to ensure there are...
This includes a development partner responsible for design, delivery and sale of housing; and a partner to provide long-term investment in the rebuilt houses. The three shortlisted respondents are: A Ngāti Paoa-lead consortium with support from local and international...
Assisted ownership and assisted rental areas still need to be addressed, including a review of the accommodation supplement. When asked about Paula Bennett’s performance as Minister of Social Housing Scott commented that Paula Bennett has done a great job, “she’s...
The project will include 240 house sites, 30 per cent of which will be set aside for Nga Potiki hapu members. The area has been designated a Special Housing Area. Manawa has been designed to reflect the historical and cultural connections the hapu has to the land,...
The Labour party say they have been pushing for the Government to stabilise house prices by building affordable homes and banning foreign speculators. You can read the labour party press release here and download the Reserve Bank data here.
“Many young people are struggling to get a house deposit together and we want to make it easier and faster for them to get a foot in the door,” said Green Party tertiary spokesperson Gareth Hughes “Our Faster into Homes plan will allow students to defer paying back...