“Latest house price figures from Quotable Value show the annual growth rate has fallen to 2.9 per cent. This compares to Statistics NZ figures showing wages grew by 3.3 per cent in the year ending December 2018. “This compares to 2016 when house prices rose 16 per...
QLDC Planning and Development General Manager Tony Avery advised these 90-minute focused sessions have come about due to a number of statutory consultations coming up in 2019 which relate to future development in our district’s townships. “Stage Three of the District...
- Brad Ward - Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) KiwiBuild and Large-Scale Projects Transition at HUD. - Helen O’Sullivan - Head of KiwiBuild Commercial. - Chris Aiken - overall leadership of the work programme regarding the delivery of Large-Scale Projects and the use of...
Organiser and tiny home owner Sharla May says: “The tiny house scene in New Zealand is gaining momentum as people choose living tiny over living in houses most people can no longer afford. “Tiny living is definitely appealing to a wide audience. It’s becoming popular...
To better understand homelessness and create a strategy to resolve it, Council staff have worked closely with local schools, health providers, government agencies, people and families who have found themselves homeless, and the social service organisations that work...
The aim of this Service is to provide a stable and safe living environment for up to 20 young people (at any one time) for the duration of their need to assist that young person towards independent living and to reduce demand on the Social Housing Register. The...
The Monte Cecilia Housing Trust says it depends on outside help for much of its income. But costs are outstripping funding. Each year Monte Cecilia helps about seven hundred desperate families, and provides short-term shelter to only about twelve of them at one time....
No rent has been paid since October 16 and she was evicted on February 20, her possessions stacked on the lawn because she had nowhere to take them. Multiple applications for emergency housing, social housing and private rentals before her eviction were declined and...
The free, two-hour workshops are aimed at registered charities with annual operating expenses less than $2 million. These charities will be able to report using Simple Format Reporting standards. The workshops will focus on the information that charities need to...
Aucklanders are faced with an affordable housing crisis with the average Auckland house price at $655,000, rents rising over the past two years and a housing supply shortage of 13,000 houses, the report finds, and the Government gets a D grade for housing in the...