Big rent rises ‘grim for tenants’

Big rent rises ‘grim for tenants’

Feb 23, 2015 | Reports & Articles

Nigel Jeffries, head of Trade Me Property, has just released the data for the year to January showing the median weekly rent is $420. “The 9 per cent year-on-year increase in January is the largest single-month rise we’ve recorded over the past five years....

Auckland Council doing all it can on housing

Feb 12, 2015 | News

The Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Penny Hulse, spoke today in response to the Salvation Army’s 2015 State of the Nation report, which found that a lack of safe, affordable housing in Auckland and Christchurch is badly impacting the health and well-being of children and...

Nelson Tasman Housing Trust Official Opening 20/2/15

Jan 16, 2015 | Events

The scheme will be opened by the Hon. Dr Nick Smith, Minister of Building and Housing and Minister for the Environment, at 225 Kawai Street South, Nelson on Friday, 20th February. The opening will commence at 11.00am and will conclude with refreshments, kindly...

On the move: The life of a renter child (published 9 Dec)

Dec 24, 2014 | News

Researchers from the Growing Up in NZ study, who are tracking the movements of 6853 babies born in the year to March 2010, say the findings challenge the way social agencies provide services to children such as immunisation. Moves in the babies’ first two years...