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 event will see businesses, entrepreneurs and community leaders coming together to raise funds that will go towards Lifewise’s work for ending homelessness. Stripped of their creature comforts, Lifewise Big Sleepout participants will battle the elements spending a...
This is about saving lives of young children and older people especially, who are made ill by the condition of their homes and die as a result. This is about helping children stay well so they can attend school and improve their education. This is about ensuring those...
REINZ is very supportive of the proposed healthy homes standards, but this needs to be implemented in a way that finds a balance for landlords rather than causing them to withdraw from the market given the raft of legislative changes currently in the market. Bindi...
“Everyone who wants to fix this, and help make our homes healthy, warm and dry places to thrive in, to build lifelong happy memories in, will welcome this announcement as a much needed shift towards a better, kinder New Zealand. “But today’s announcement is not quite...
Bella Paenga and her whanau bought their HNZ home in Tiki Tiki a year ago, “it’s a safe place to call home and not many homes come up for sale here,” Bella says. You'll also find a link to the request for proposal of Horowhenua District Council housing portfolio, more...
Also contained are notices of events, recent news items and other links of interest to the community housing sector in New Zealand. Read more here 2 february 2017.pdf
Bennett commented to media at the CHA Conference today that the Government was considering a stand-down period for those who rejected state houses without good reason. She said officials had told her over 400 people turned down properties in the last year for...
With a full audience of 184 people at CHA’s annual conference held today in Wellington at Te Wharewaka ki Poneke, the Minister of Social Housing, Paula Bennett, discussed the Government’s support of the community housing sector. Here is the speech.
The agreement between the Tauranga Moana & Te Puke Housing Consortium and the Masterton Trust House Community Enterprise is the first of its kind in New Zealand and comes at a time before the start of social housing transfers in Invercargill and Tauranga. Read...
The modern one-bedroom units were officially opened on 9 October at the Council’s HP Smith Courts housing complex.They are part of a number of new Council units being built to help replace the 113 lost to the residential red zone following the earthquakes. A...