Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Vic Crockford wants to applaud CORT Community Housing as it celebrates the opening of the first development of its pipeline of 104 decent, affordable homes in Auckland. “This new housing development, built in partnership with...
Community Housing Aotearoa welcomes the announcement of the Affordable Housing Fund, which will provide much needed capital grants to community housing providers. Community Housing Aotearoa Chief Executive, Vic Crockford says that we need to double down on our efforts...
A group of forty New Zealand unions, charities and community groups have joined together to implore Government to change legislation to address New Zealands gender and ethnic pay gaps immediately and help reduce poverty, including Community Housing Aotearoa. Click...
Community Housing Aotearoa, a peak body for the community housing sector, welcomes the announcement in the Budget to create a $350M Affordable Housing Fund. Click here for more
For many Kiwis, home ownership is out of reach, with the wealth gap between homeowners and everyone else continually getting bigger. But all is not lost. In this episode, we talk to two organisations at the forefront of keeping home ownership dreams alive through...
Over the past five years, $1 billion has been spent on emergency housing grants. While the families accessing these grants have been kept off the streets, the lack of affordable housing remains a serious issue, writes Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Vic...
Kia ora, welcome to the first episode of the Right at Home podcast hosted by Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Vic Crockford. In this episode, you’ll hear a conversation with leaders from two of the longest-serving community housing provider organisations in...
NZ's social housing register has quadrupled in size since 2017 and big changes to mindsets over house building and housing affordability are needed, writes Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Vic Crockford in The Newsroom. Click here to read more.
Tenants Protection Association (Chch) Inc. Notes for presentation at Tenancy Management Community of Practice Nov 2021 Anti-Social Behaviour notes Nov 21
CHA drafted a submission on Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's Regulation of Methamphetamine Contamination in Residential Housing. Our submission reflected the feedback from providers following a webinar on 22/03/23. Read the full...
CHA delivered this submission to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand in response to their consultation on Risk Weights. We have urged the Reserve Bank to work with banks and financial institutions to recognise lending to registered Community Housing Providers as a...
CHA has prepared a submission to the Environment Committee on the Spatial Planning Bill currently at the select committee stage at the time of writing. CHA has consistently advocated for Inclusionary Housing (IH) to be enabled through the RMA reforms. We discuss how...
CHA has prepared a submission to the Environment Committee on the Spatial Planning Bill currently at the select committee stage at the time of writing. CHA has consistently advocated for Inclusionary Housing (IH) to be enabled through the RMA reforms. We discuss how...
What a year for our Community Housing Aotearoa Ngā Wharerau o Aotearoa team. Our Annual Report highlights our service delivery, including: - 16 submissions to central and local government. - 30 trainings and events delivered on topics ranging from public health...
CHA has developed a Methamphetamine Harm-Reduction Handbook - with consultation from the NZ Drug Foundation - with advice for providers, tenants, and policy-makers. This resource can be read below: Methamphetamine Harm-Reduction Handbook
CHA has produced a guidance document for community housing providers, homeless service providers, and their staff for operating when Covid-19 is in the community. The guidance document suggests strategies for reducing the risk of contracting Covid-19 or being a close...
Livingston and Associates Ltd. have been conducting research funded by the Building Research Levy on the opportunity of alternative housing tenures for New Zealand. Research Update 2 titled "Private Renter Stress and the Accommodation Supplement" examined the...
Livingston and Associates Ltd. have been conducting research funded by the Building Research Levy on the opportunity of alternative housing tenures for New Zealand. Research Update 1 titled "What's Happened in the Intermediate Housing Market" examines spatial and...
CHA has released the third paper in our series on Inclusionary Housing. Inclusionary Housing: A Pathway Forward in Aotearoa New Zealand examines the "why" and the "how" of IH in Aotearoa. The paper can be read here: FINAL IH PAPER 3
Ian Mitchell (Livingston and Associates), Kay Saville-Smith (CRESA), and Bev James (Public Policy & Research) recently released their study into the need, demand, and opportunities for the delivery of Affordable Housing options in Ōtautahi. "Many of the household...
Dr Gauri Nandedkar of the Building Better Homes, Cities, and Towns has released their research on the construction of media narratives surrounding housing and homelessness throughout the first 6 months of the Covid-19 pandemic in Aotearoa. Access to warm, dry, and...
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What a year for our Community Housing Aotearoa Ngā Wharerau o Aotearoa team. Our Annual Report highlights our service delivery, including: – 16 submissions to central and local government. – 30 trainings and events delivered on topics ranging from public...
Welcome to our latest newsletter. We cover the release of our latest report on Inclusionary Housing, the new Right At Home episode, the most recent LIPF round which will distribute up to $6.8million, the updated Public Housing Design Guidelines, the work of Te Ohu and...
The demand for housing has outstripped supply for many years in Aotearoa, New Zealand. While successive governments have attempted to address the housing shortage, it remains a significant challenge. Overseas and local experience has taught us that opening up land for...
(Click here for the transcript: EP- 3 The Case for Universally Designed Housing with Disability Advocate Erin Gough transcript) Access to a decent home is a human right. It’s one of the principles in the International Bill of Rights on the Rights of Persons with...
For many Kiwis, home ownership is out of reach, with the wealth gap between homeowners and everyone else continually getting bigger. But all is not lost. In this episode, we talk to two organisations at the forefront of keeping home ownership dreams alive through...