Life When Renting Summit findings

Life When Renting Summit findings

Jun 14, 2017 | Research

The Summit, held on the 30th of May in Tauranga, sort to answer the question “How do we generate a rental sector and rental stock that is responsive to older tenants?” You can read a summary of the day here: Life When Renting Mid-term summit summary.pdf...

2017 Budget announcements

May 26, 2017 | News

We’re pleased to see a group of four announcements in the budget: ·$100m towards to 10 year crown land housing programme ·$224m boost for mental health ·An increase in the Accommodations Supplement of nearly $255m per year to update the benefit levels for 136,000...
Life When Renting Summit findings

New Housing Affordability Measure welcomed

May 11, 2017 | Research

CHA is pleased to see the release of the new Housing Affordability Measure, a tier one official statistic. The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s (MBIE) new measure will allow the market to be monitored at a more detailed level and has been developed...
Life When Renting Summit findings

Rental homes in poorer condition than owner occupied homes

Apr 27, 2017 | Research

Of the more than 500 houses assessed in the BRANZ Housing Condition Survey, nearly a third of rentals felt damp, three times as many as the owner-occupied properties. Assessors rated rental properties twice as likely to be ‘poorly maintained’. The survey,...