Proposed residential tenancy law ammendments

Dec 7, 2015 | News

The insulation requirements will apply to social housing that is heavily subsidised by Government from 1 July 2016 and to other tenancies from 1 July 2019. All landlords will need to disclose in tenancy agreements from 1 July 2016 the extent of insulation in their...

Social housing places in Auckland boosted

Dec 7, 2015 | News

Salvation Army, Accessible Properties and the Chinese New Settler Trust have signed on to provide places, and a further two community housing organisations are expected to sign contracts in the next few weeks. The request for more social housing from the community...

Tailored and flexible

Nov 30, 2015 | News

“How will the new funding work for CHPs.We’ve asked the community housing sector to move in new directions since the decision to open up IRRS and I know that kind of change can be unnerving. Here’s how I see the flexibility MSD now have in place for CHPs buying...

Improving fire safety requirements for supported housing

Nov 26, 2015 | News

The project is one of 14 in the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Fire Programme, which was launched in July 2015 and involves working in partnership with all in the sector to improve the effectiveness of the fire regulations. Each of the programme’s...

Transfer of social housing in Tauranga and Invercargill

Nov 23, 2015 | News

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are sort from organisations or consortia that can demonstrate the following: • effective approaches for interacting with and supporting social housing tenants • capability to enhance links across community-based social services to...