Forgiving Housing Innovation Fund Suspensory Loans and Grants

Feb 12, 2015 | News

Did you know that Housing New Zealand Corporation is able, on a case by case basis, to: forgive suspensory loans and conditional grants by amending terms and conditions of the suspensory loans and conditional grants issued under the Housing Innovation Fund; and reduce...

Summary of Cabinet papers on Social Housing Reform Programme

Feb 12, 2015 | Documents

The full documents can be found at http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/work-programmes/social-housing/cabinet-papers.html and are must reads for those interested in where the Reforms are heading. The brief summary below provides insights, but is no...

Auckland Council doing all it can on housing

Feb 12, 2015 | News

The Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Penny Hulse, spoke today in response to the Salvation Army’s 2015 State of the Nation report, which found that a lack of safe, affordable housing in Auckland and Christchurch is badly impacting the health and well-being of children and...
AHURI Research Paper on Stock Transfers in Australia

AHURI Research Paper on Stock Transfers in Australia

Feb 12, 2015 | Research

See more at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ – here. A key point identified is that public housing transfer proposals in Australia have tended to involve only a very limited amount of prior tenant or community consultation, due to short time frames for program...

No guarantee state houses stay in community hands

Feb 9, 2015 | News

“Treasury are handling the sale process and have advised the Government that if a community housing provider ‘were to become financially distressed this could present risks to ongoing tenancies and fiscal risks to the Crown’. “These houses could end up in private...