Healthy Homes Standards welcomed

Not-for-profit Community Housing Providers have been reinvesting surpluses into maintaining their stock of affordable homes. “The new standards simply bring the rest of the rental stock up to the standard that our sector has been working towards,” says CHA CEO Scott...

​Standards to make homes warm and dry released

The standards set minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in residential rental properties. They reflect feedback from a wide range of public health experts, stakeholders including landlords, tenants and...

REINZ questions whether CGT will improve long-term costs

Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ says: “In the short-term there may be some initial relief in house price affordability as investors look to sell their property to avoid paying CGT. This may create opportunities for first home buyers. “However, in the long term...

Waiting list for public housing emboldens social support

“More and more of our people are unable to put a roof over their head, showing we urgently need more state and public housing. “We are seeing the direct consequences of successive Governments not putting the wellbeing of New Zealanders first. The Greens are working...