Minister for Māori Development and Associate Minister of Housing Hon Nanaia Mahuta congratulated whānau from Bridge Pa, near Hastings for their vision of building homes on their ancestral land. Te Puni Kōkiri invested $376,661 towards infrastructure costs to assist...
Last Thursday the Queenstown Lakes District Council approved a 3.6ha site on Jopp Street to be assigned to the Trust to build 65 homes for a mixed tenure development. The land has been earmarked for housing since 2003, when the local community identified the site as...
“These 18 two-bedroom and five four-bedroom warm, dry homes on Chippendale Crescent have been designed to meet the needs of families in the area,” Phil Twyford. “They are close to a number of schools, the Beach Haven ferry to Auckland CBD, and are 4km from the...
Influential leaders from business and community are signing up to “sleep rough” at The Lifewise Big Sleepout on one of the coldest, longest nights of winter – Thursday 20th June, 2019. The event will see business and community leaders and entrepreneurs coming together...
“The Tax Working Group gave the Government, and the country, an opportunity to look at the fairness of our tax system and debate options for change,” Jacinda Ardern said. “All parties in the Government entered into this debate with different perspectives and, after...
Photo:RNZ / Alexander Robertson The state houses are part of the government’s plans to sell up to 2000 properties across the country this year to registered community housing providers. Scott Figenshow of CHA comments on this process to Newshub. Read more here...
The People’s Project uses the Housing First model which has been successful in Canada, the USA and the United Kingdom. It is based on evidence that when you house people first, then align the support services they need to be successful in their lives, the cycle of...
Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu announced the completion of its Addington housing project, which was launched last week in Lincoln Road.The project has seen three earthquake-affected houses in Sumner moved to Addington and renovated to provide modern comfortable homes for...
Go here to see the minimum requirements for insulation. Go here for minimum requirements for smoke alarms. Progress of theResidential Tenancies Amendment Bill The Social Services Select Committee has considered the Bill and reported back to the House with its...
Horowhenua District Mayor Brendan Duffy says a written condition of any sale and purchase agreement is that all properties will be retained as community housing for the district, ensuring existing tenants can stay in their units. Another condition will ensure the same...