Paul Majurey, of Marutūāhu descent, chairs the Waimahia and Puhinui Park community housing developments. This was brought together by the Tāmaki Collective of iwi, NZ Housing Foundation, CORT Community Housing and Te Tumu Kainga (the Māori Trustee). Importantly, the...
Bird's eye view of the area in red Taranaki Whānui Limited (the wholly owned commercial arm of Port Nicholson Block Settlement Trust) and the Government’s Land for Housing Programme (HUD) have entered into an MoU to collaborate and work together on the future of a...
APNZL supports the view that government investment in public housing is best achieved through not-for-profit organisations putting people’s needs first. "The Government’s decision to allow private developers access to Community Housing supports is a misguided use of...
This is the opinion of Warwick Quinn, chief executive of New Zealand’s largest construction trade training organisation, BCITO. Quinn says the current review of the New Zealand Qualifications Framework - NZQF - needs to urgently address the issue of vocational...
Developers are signing up to build social housing for the Government in a move described as a "disaster" because it will take funding away from non-profit groups and could allow the houses to be sold off in future for windfall profits. One developer has already been...
Congratulations to CHA member Shepherd’s Rest who have been presented with a cheque for $15,000 by Palmerston North based UCOL’s Faculty of Trades and Technology. The money was raised through the sale of a charity house built by UCOL students....
This is the long-awaited solution to the decision by the Charities Commission in 2009 ruling that helping people to buy their own home through shared ownership is outside the domain of a charity and subject to tax. We were quick to welcome the announcement that there...
NZ Herald article explores the issues raised in the Community Housing Aotearoa, Auckland Community Housing Providers’ Network and Te Matapihi policy paper ‘A way forward for stock transfers’ released on 16 April 2014. The article provides examples of...
Community Housing Aotearoa is cautiously optimistic about the Governments multiple announcements on the passage of the Housing Reform Bill and the introduction of legislation to give community housing providers and donors certainty that assisting low income families...