Housing crisis

Jul 16, 2015 | News

Releasing land and building thousands of new homes won’t solve Auckland’s housing crisis.Laurence Murphy, Professor of Property at the University of Auckland Business School, says such a move will only result in the development sector doing what it has always done...

Joyce eyes Oz link to lure capital

Jul 4, 2015 | News

During his visit to Australia Steven Joyce highlighted the opportunities for investment in New Zealand, including in community housing. You can read the article here.

New homes in Auckland

Jul 3, 2015 | News

Auckland is to have two new Special Housing Areas (SHAs) that will provide up to 1800 new homes. The two new SHAs are: McLarin Road, Glenbrook: 87 hectares, 800 homes; and Bremner Road, Drury: 68 hectares, at least 1000 homes. Read here

CHA Media Release on 2015 Budget

May 22, 2015 | News

Community housing organisations say the government’s budget initiatives on housing are too timid – and won’t deliver the results needed. “We need to speed up the stock regeneration process for all areas of the country, and ensure the new rent subsidy approach supports...