KiwiBuild head Stephen Barclay officially resigns

Jan 22, 2019 | News

Stephen Barclay, head of the KiwiBuild unit Photo: RNZ / Patrick O’Meara In a statement issued on his behalf, it was announced that he would step down from today. Housing Minister Phil Twyford’s office said he would not be commenting on Mr Barclay’s...

Housing sector working in silos – Property Council boss

Jan 22, 2019 | News

A new study reveals none of the country’s main property markets are considered affordable anymore. The annual Demographia International Housing Affordability report released today shows New Zealand continues to be one of the most unaffordable countries in the...

“How To Fix Auckland’s Housing Crisis.”

Jan 22, 2019 | News

“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...

KiwiBuild progresses to next stage in offsite manufacturing

Jan 14, 2019 | News

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...