Tenant fear state housing sales will harm vulnerable people

Mar 13, 2015 | News

State house tenants have told the Finance Minister, Bill English, they fear the Government’s plans to sell state homes will result in vulnerable people forced out of their homes. Listen to the story from Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report here.

Mob street makeover brings buyers

Mar 6, 2015 | News

A street that was once notorious as a Mongrel Mob stronghold is now turning into a middle-class dream. Farmer Cres in Taita, Lower Hutt, and its surrounding area, was once known for all the wrong reasons. In early 2009, Mob members were accused of terrorising a single...

New state houses – minus the view

Mar 2, 2015 | News

If you want a state house or “social housing” with a view, forget it. Beautiful views are banned in a draft new Government policy. Double garages and decks are out, too. The draft of the Social Development Ministry’s “purchasing...

Seminar: Housing Options for Older People in Auckland

Feb 25, 2015 | Events

DATE AND TIME: Friday 13th March, 10am-3pm (lunch provided) PLACE: Western Springs Garden Hall, 956 Great North Road, Western Springs (Accessible & good parking available) Auckland’s population is rapidly ageing. Ensuring the sufficient supply of quality housing...
Big rent rises ‘grim for tenants’

Big rent rises ‘grim for tenants’

Feb 23, 2015 | Reports & Articles

Nigel Jeffries, head of Trade Me Property, has just released the data for the year to January showing the median weekly rent is $420. “The 9 per cent year-on-year increase in January is the largest single-month rise we’ve recorded over the past five years....