Decline in Home Ownership will Impact on Future Generations

Sep 9, 2014 | News

NZCCSS has released the 19th Vulnerability Report. The report considers how older people (65+) are faring in communities and draws on official data on housing, superannuation, special grants for food and other needs, and compares this with the experiences of social...

Couple thankful for rent-to-own scheme

Sep 5, 2014 | News

Wirihana Takuira and Lisa Myers have put their wedding plans on hold to buy a house. They are moving into their new four-bedroom home on September 19 and are expecting their second child soon after. Read the full story on Stuff here.

Greens propose to fund WOF tests for all rental homes

Aug 27, 2014 | News

Announcing another of the Greens’ social policy priorities today, co-leader Metiria Turei said the Greens would advocate paying local councils $8 million a year for inspectors to check every rental property at least every three years, and more often for homes...

Christchurch housing ‘human rights issue’

Aug 1, 2014 | News

The commission says Cantabrians’ rights to habitable and affordable housing are being breached post-quake. Chief human rights commissioner David Rutherford said the commission had asked the Government to up its accommodation supplement in Christchurch to help people...