Benefit increase negatively affects housing eligibility

Jun 1, 2018 | News

Jan Rutledge, general manager of De Paul House, Northcote. Photo: RNZ/Eva Corlett. A boost to the accommodation supplement last month was not enough to make private rental homes affordable for some, but the extra money people on the public housing wait list are now...

Meth compensation: Twyford not ruling it out, or in

Jun 1, 2018 | News

Hundreds of state houses were left empty and more than 130 tenants evicted because of methamphetamine contamination in homes. A report from Sir Peter Gluckman – released this week – revealed the country has been gripped by a moral panic and meth residue...

Short supply of houses ups rents and creates working poor

May 28, 2018 | News

“While the focus has been on house prices and first home buyers, little attention has been paid to the drastic need for extra rental accommodation”. This fact demonstrates that, while the Salvation Army has said that high rents are creating the working...