Ryan Hunt, Managing Director of Highmark Homes, said they identified that the prospect of making payments during the build was a major barrier for customers. “Often customers are having to pay rent at the same time as servicing debt to start construction, so with...
A law change was passed at the start of this month to ban letting fees, which are usually equal to a week’s rent, which on average is $421, plus GST. The ban comes into effect on December 12. As part of the Government’s policy of “making life better for renters”,...
In an interview with One News, Housing New Zealand admitted to not knowing how many people are still homeless after being evicted because of faulty meth contamination testing. Auckland Action Against Poverty condemns Housing New Zealand for their continuous inaction...
Latest figures from the Public Housing Quarterly Report show that the Government is pulling out all the stops to house and support people in the face of the housing crisis, Phil Twyford said. “In the September quarter, we increased the number of public housing...