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​Housing Affordability Taskforce Report released

​Housing Affordability Taskforce Report released

The Mayoral Housing Affordability Taskforce has presented its report to the Queenstown Council.
Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network

Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network

On the 28 April 2017 the Auckland Community Housing Providers network hosted a workshop with the Associate Minister of Social Housing, Hon Alfred Ngaro. The workshop was designed to identify the issues, barriers and solutions to community housing organisations stepping-up at greater scale to more robustly assist in addressing Auckland’s severe housing problems.
Submission on MBIE fire safety draft design guide

Submission on MBIE fire safety draft design guide

We have prepared our submission on the MBIE fire safety draft design guide. The proposed design guide is of great interest to our members providing residential community housing.
MBIE rental bond data released

MBIE rental bond data released

The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has made raw rental bond data available to the public.
Report from Auckland Housing Summit

Report from Auckland Housing Summit

Establishing an independent not for profit organisation, tasked with solving the City’s housing woes is crucial – and just one of the key actions identified in the first Auckland Housing Summit report.
Salvation Army release ‘Taking Stock’ report

Salvation Army release ‘Taking Stock’ report

​In its report 'Taking Stock', The Salvation Army estimates New Zealand needs to build a minimum of 2000 social houses a year for at least the next decade just to meet demand.
BRANZ research on state of NZ homes

BRANZ research on state of NZ homes

New Zealand homes are frequently damp, mouldy and cold, and many Kiwis sleep in unheated bedrooms, putting their health at risk.
New survey shows substandard rental accommodation

New survey shows substandard rental accommodation

The substandard condition of New Zealand’s rental accommodation has renters and landlords divided in a new survey.
Report on household incomes in New Zealand

Report on household incomes in New Zealand

​These pages from " The material wellbeing of NZ households: overview and key findings from​ the 2017 Household Incomes Report and the companion report using non-income measures (the 2017 NIMs Report) ​look at ongoing housing costs and housing quality.
​Realities of Renting: Launch of The New Zealand Rental Sector report

​Realities of Renting: Launch of The New Zealand Rental Sector report

This seminar will present key findings from a comprehensive study commissioned by BRANZ, into the private rental housing sector in four New Zealand cities, with a focus on Auckland.
Wellington Mayoral Housing Taskforce report

Wellington Mayoral Housing Taskforce report

​​​The Mayor’s Housing Taskforce, an independent, cross sectoral group, was set up in October 2016 by the Mayor and Deputy Mayor to ensure critical experience and expertise was utilised to address one of the key strategic issues facing the city.​​ CE of Community Housing Aotearoa, Scott Figenshow, was on this taskforce.
Housing prices relative to consumer prices – an analysis by Brian Easton May 2017

Housing prices relative to consumer prices – an analysis by Brian Easton May 2017

Housing affordability has occupied news headlines in New Zealand for several years now. A range of measures – such as falling home ownership rates, the decreasing number of first home buyers, the prevalence of speculators purchasing housing, and median price to median income ratios – suggest that buying a home has become harder for those not already on the property ladder, especially in Auckland and Queenstown.