“There’s been a lot of talk for a long time around retrofitting and warm homes, but we wanted to better direct our resources to improve the lives of families dealing with sickness in cold homes,” says Hutt Mana Charitable Trust Chair John Gwilliam. The Trust already...
But Housing Minister Phil Twyford was not able to give an indicative price for the apartments - admitting that "not everyone will be able to afford them." The prices could be around the $500,000 to $600,000 mark which the Minister said "is half of the current average...
Women sleeping on the streets in Tauranga say they live in fear of violence. Photo: RNZ / Keri Welham But the city's first women's shelter, due to open next Monday, offers hope to New Zealand's "hidden homeless". Clair, 60, says the streets are her home. She eats at a...
Around 115 sections of various sizes will be developed and are expected to be on the market to sell in early 2020. Council’s Finance and Performance Committee recently resolved to recommend Council gives delegated authority to Chief Executive Heather Shotter, to...
In this newsletter we learn more about the benefits of tenant engagement, the Community Housing Aotearoa Council’s meeting in Tauranga, the briefing papers to and announcements by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford; the Bay of Plenty Smart...
Will Matthews, president of the Auckland University Students’ Association, said sex-for-rent was the “shocking” reality struggling students were facing in today’s unaffordable rental market. Last year, the average weekly rent in Auckland hit...
CHA believes that the ammendments are better than the status quo but do not go far enough. Read our submission here. And our press release here A number of research papers have been written that support the sector’s call for a Housing Warrant of Fitness that are...
Social housing issues have dominated headlines this year following the Government’s plan to sell off tens of thousands of state houses to non-Government providers, starting with hundreds in Invercargill and Tauranga. However, the plan struck problems with some...
Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle said it was not fair that councils, which provided 11,000 social houses, were not eligible for the subsidies. CHA Director, Scott Figenshow, comments on the creation of a level playing field in the housing sector in a Radio New...
He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme based at the University of Otago, Wellington, has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand to study the effects of introducing a rental housing WoF. A rental WoF would require basic standards for...