Rental house project work starts

Base Contracting has started site preparation work for the first stage of a Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust project to build 10 homes on Suffolk St land bordering Jack Reid Park. Read the full Otago Daily Times article (published 19 July 2014) here.

Housing costs key as inequality remains high

Housing costs are also having a huge impact on people’s incomes, says New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services (NZCCSS) policy advisor Paul Barber. Half of all the people receiving the accommodation supplement are paying more than 50% of their income in rental...