The Government recently established the new Construction and Infrastructure Skill Shortage List (CISSL) to address the ongoing problem of short supply of construction workers in New Zealand. But the new list scheme is likely to be too rigid to be effective, and will...
Mystery already surrounded Barclay's nearly three month absence from his position as inaugural head of the government's flagship KiwiBuild programme, before the one-time head of the San Francisco America's Cup village tendered his resignation earlier today Barclay...
Stephen Barclay, head of the KiwiBuild unit Photo: RNZ / Patrick O'Meara In a statement issued on his behalf, it was announced that he would step down from today. Housing Minister Phil Twyford's office said he would not be commenting on Mr Barclay's resignation as it...
The Labour-led government risks electoral defeat in 2020 unless it makes demonstrable progress on affordable housing this year, says the outspoken author of an annual survey of global housing affordability. Hugh Pavletich, the Christchurch-based co-author of the...
The 15th annual Demographia International Housing Affordability Study compared house prices to incomes in New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States and found Tauranga had again out-stripped Auckland...
It is a part of the city’s housing upgrade programme, set up in December, to tackle a housing shortage in the capital. The first units are already going up on a site in the central suburb of Mt Cook. Mayor Justin Lester said the scheme aimed to avoid a housing...
Smokefree Social Housing Toolkit: a guide for the design and implementation of smokefree policies in social housing The Toolkit draws on international research as well as on their experience working with the Christchurch City Council to implement their smokefree...
“Higher costs for rent, and cigarettes and tobacco, had a greater effect on lower-spending households,” consumer prices manager Matt Haigh said, “Rent was up 2 percent this year, with the largest increases being observed in Auckland.” Living...
You can find the strategy here Key Messages MSD is helping those most in need by ensuring we have the right places in the areas where they are needed, and delivered at a cost that provides good value to taxpayers. The 2016 Social Housing Purchasing Strategy sets out...
Assisted ownership and assisted rental areas still need to be addressed, including a review of the accommodation supplement. When asked about Paula Bennett’s performance as Minister of Social Housing Scott commented that Paula Bennett has done a great job, “she’s...