Friday’s release of Government’s Public Housing Plan is not enough to address the crisis of affordable housing that Auckland faces says Hope Simonsen, Chair of the Auckland Community Housing Provider Network. “The very limited focus on social housing (public housing)...
In our research, we explore different design solutions to convert existing housing into shared living spaces for people approaching their later years. Housing in New Zealand The majority of the housing stock in New Zealand is a three-or-more-bedroom house. Stats New...
The funding brings forward the development of around 1,100 houses by six years with the first houses expected in 2020. The infrastructure includes wastewater mains and a pump station, water supply reservoir and mains, a new roundabout on SH6, pedestrian and cycle...
“Queenstown Lakes District has the highest median house price in New Zealand, so it makes sense that it also has the highest HomeStart house price cap, alongside Auckland, to give buyers a fair chance at accessing the grant,” Phil Twyford said. “The previous HomeStart...
“Our tenancy laws are antiquated and don’t reflect the fact that renting is now a long-term reality for many of our families. A third of all New Zealanders now rent,” Phil Twyford said. “Insecure tenure can forcer families to continually move house. This is...
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Elderly woman outlines the plight of finding affordable rental housing on Auckland’s North Shore. Interview with Bays Community Trust and CORT Housing Trust http://www.radionz.co.nz/audio/player/2596858
The Radio New Zealand Insight programme from 30 March 2014 includes comments from developers, bankers, local and central government agencies and Peter Jeffries, CEO, CORT Community Housing (Community of Refuge Trust). “This year a raft of new policies and initiatives...
Listen here for comments from CHA Director Scott Figgenshow and some CHA members on the current allocation of resources within the Community Housing Sector.
On 4 April this year new rules came into force under the Health and Safety at Work (asbestos) Regulations which means that if you own or occupy a building which contains asbestos you needed to have a management plan in place. Bindi Norwell, Chief Executive at REINZ...
This article presents key themes generated from semi-structured interviews with tenant advocates. Tenants are confronted with issues of poor housing quality, insecure housing, high rents relative to income, lack of autonomy and difficulty asserting their legislative...