VisionWest’s homes win 2013 NZIA Auckland Architecture Awards

The third year architecture students at UNITEC both designed and built the four bedroom and two bedroom houses, under the supervision of SGA, based on VisionWest’s brief, which also involved input from existing tenants, for affordable and sustainable housing that...

Meth moral panic continues under proposed tenancy changes

The Army says the proposals risk making innocent people homeless and should be reconsidered as part of a comprehensive review of the Residential Tenancies Act. While the army remains very concerned about rising availability and use of methamphetamine in New Zealand...
Renting in New Zealand: perspectives from tenant advocates

Renting in New Zealand: perspectives from tenant advocates

This article presents key themes generated from semi-structured interviews with tenant advocates. Tenants are confronted with issues of poor housing quality, insecure housing, high rents relative to income, lack of autonomy and difficulty asserting their legislative...