To ensure that public policies that get proposed or implemented to create a new housing system get discussed properly in the public, we need a different language to talk about why good housing matters for everyone. In New Zealand our homes are our castles. A place of...
The KiwiBuild homes are a combination of two and three bedroom brick, standalone homes with internal access garages, elevated and sunny outlooks, and semi-rural and harbour views. Kotātā Heights is a new development within walking distance of Whangarei’s city centre....
The time it takes to consents and the uncertainty of the consenting process are two major obstacles to housing development, he says. Speaking after joining a panel presentation at a conference in Auckland on residential development, Evans says the process needs to...
It promotes higher density living in cities as the only solution to the chronic shortage of affordable, appropriate housing within reach of jobs and amenities. Listen to the full interview John Myers co-founded the London branch of YIMBY and says the housing problem...
“The number of new homes consented this year is at its highest level since the mid-1970s,” construction statistics manager Melissa McKenzie said. “However, the population was only around 3 million in the 1970s, compared with nearly 5 million today.” See Are we there...
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Just under half of renters reported they had a problem with dampness or mould, compared with around one-quarter of home-owners. New analysis from the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS) shows that while only 7.1 percent of New Zealand adults felt their home needed urgent...
You can see more of the Housing First programme here or see the pdf of his presentation here.The Huffington Post’s NowWhat video: “Housing the Homeless” shows the Housing First programme presented to us at the conference by Sam Tsemberis. Sam...
He said taxpayers were having to pay billions to cover the cost of rent subsidies, student loan tax breaks and childcare. “At the moment, we’re lucky because we’ve got the lowest interest rates in 50 years,” he said. “But imagine if...