Te Matapihi calls for Māori housing finance reform

Sep 21, 2017 | News

Thursday, 21 September 2017, 10:07 am Press Release: Te Matapihi Advocate calls for Māori housing finance reform 21 September 2017 – In a statement made last Sunday 17 September, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox promoted the party’s Iwibank policy, which will...

Wellington Council housing taskforce update

Sep 18, 2017 | News

The Wellington City Council is also planning to set up a new political housing sub-committee to ensure all Wellingtonians are well housed. There is an estimated shortfall of about 3900 homes in the city and an extra 37,000 homes will be required to meet a population...

Kāpiti taskforce submits housing plan to council

Sep 18, 2017 | News

Mr Gurunathan said the seriousness of the situation was brought home to him when he met the family living in a garage. “That really brought to the fore for me, the responsibility as a mayor to say, ‘Look, I don’t want to see this in my community...

Youth social housing facility for Dunedin

Sep 11, 2017 | News

Last week the Methodist Mission and Minister for Social Housing Amy Adams announced a transitional youth housing facility would open in the city in January. Mrs Adams was in Dunedin on an election campaign visit. The Government would provide about $700,000 over the...
Report from Auckland Housing Summit

Report from Auckland Housing Summit

Sep 5, 2017 | Reports & Articles

A wide range of innovative concepts were presented in the report but it was clear that all sectors identified the need for a comprehensive approach and a plan with targets and accountabilities. Better quality data, clear benchmarking and reporting shared amongst...