Agreement on Auckland land development

The Government and iwi have formed an agreement acknowledging the Tamaki Collective has the right of first refusal to develop land set aside for housing.As part of the agreement, 20 percent of the homes in any development would be made available to the community...

Queenstown Lakes Housing Trust developments

The Trust is now in full swing with civil works at its 44 lot site in Shotover Country. The roads and services are expected to be completed by Christmas – with this part of the project costing $2m and supported by a loan from Community Trust of Southland. Construction...

New houses in Fenchurch opened

The 11 houses have been built by Housing New Zealand to meet the needs of today’s social housing tenants, with double-glazing, insulation, thermal quality curtains and low-energy use appliances. They are a mixture of two, three and four bedroom units, and replace two...

More special housing areas announced

The 11 new SHA’s announced are: • Bute Road, Browns Bay: 0.17 hectares, 49 homes • Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest: 2.48 hectares, 100 homes • College Hill, Ponsonby: 0.24 hectares, 48 homes • Kingdon Street, Newmarket: 0.12 hectares, 58 homes • Corner Cornwall Park...

More houses possible under propsed Auckland Unitary Plan

Auckland Council has used the new Development Capacity Model to show a 56% increase in plan enabled dwellings and a 140% increase in dwellings commercially feasible. This means the number of dwellings that are commercially feasible today stands at 154,000 (excluding...