Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) Newsletter 7 March 2022 COVID-19 Response, Transitional Housing ready for Tāmaki Whānau, CORT Community Housing Appoints New CEO, Consultation on proposed regulation of residential property managers, Far North District Council housing...
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) Newsletter 21 February 2022 Progressive Home Ownership Financial Modelling Tools Released, Tenancy and Property Inspections under Omicron, Consultation on Proposed Regulation of Residential Property Managers, Applications for Local...
Excellence in Social Housing Outstanding Achievement Inspirational Team Member Leading Innovation Leading Asset Management Leading Tenant Engagement Practice Leading Housing Development Project Tenant Led Initiative With the extended closing date we are hoping that...
The Housing Assistance Reform Feedback Group (HARFG) met in Wellington on 26 February. The items discussed at yesterday’s meeting of the HARFG included: MSD IRRS Purchasing Intentions Emergency Housing Funding Review Housing Restructuring and Tenancy Matters Act...
Feel free to copy as you wish from this draft (provided in word format) for your own submission. Alternatively, please email Scott at [email protected] if you wish CHA to specifically name your organization in support of the CHA submission. Draft...
Providers who are submitting to MSD may wish to attach the memo to their submission, or to reference it if they wish to align these programmes. CHA will be providing the memo to both the Auckland Council and MSD in an effort to coordinate. Final IRRS HB to CHOs letter...
The social housing service policy discussion document is attached. It is also available online at Wellington.govt.nz/rental-policy-review. WCC_SocialHousingReviewDiscussionDoc.pdf
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The report states that: “Housing New Zealand maintains a clear focus on meeting our social objectives, while managing a property portfolio that has an investment rationale based around long-term rental sustainability. We continue to earn excellent long-term rental...
The key points Shamubeel Eaqub makes are: The New Zealand housing market is hot Auckland in particular is overheated The effects are spilling over to other regions This is in part due to government policies Many new policies have been tried, none are having the...
Also identified are critical demographic changes, the importance of Māori, the continuing uncertainty of the role of the Resource Management Act, and the need to better account for social complexities in addressing housing and transport challenges. The United Nations...
The register provides information on: the number of people on the register and comparison to September 2015 how many people are Priority A or B the most common type of application, eg single adult the most common age group and ethnicity of people applying the number...
Inequality after housing costs is significantly higher than before housing costs. While incomes have risen for high and low earners, the rising cost of housing especially hits the poor. The report: The Inequality Paradox: Why inequality matters even though it has...
He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme based at the University of Otago, Wellington, has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand to study the effects of introducing a rental housing WoF. A rental WoF would require basic standards for...
The organisation has released new research estimating that by 2030, 200,000 retirement-aged people won't own a house and will be unable to afford rent. Over the next decade, the numbers needing state help to cover their rent was expected to rise considerably: from...
Their in-depth analysis of over 2000 client enquiries about emergency accommodation shows vulnerable families, pregnant women and children living in cars and garages, even after seeking assistance from the Ministry of Social Development and Housing New Zealand. Many...
"The social housing needed by these people is not currently available in sufficient quantity and present Government actions are not delivering sufficient affordable homes,” says the Salvation Army. For families without housing, it is common for them to be homeless for...
The key results from the project 18 out of 22 homes were mouldy, and all had the right temperature and humidity to grow mould; the mould was readily recovered in a form that was likely to cause harm; three different yeasts described as "emerging human pathogens" were...
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A new study from the University of Otago, Wellington has found that young people are experiencing increased health problems, stress, and adverse social effects from cold housing.
Te Waipounamu community housing network hosted Karen Mitchell, Treasury, and Scott Gallacher, Ministry of Social Development, on 2 February to discuss the market sounding process for the transfer of Housing New Zealand properties in Christchurch.
The Salvation Army's 10th annual 'state of the nation' report says youth offending and teen pregnancy have more than halved, jobs and real wages are rising, alcohol consumption and drink-driving are falling, and welfare rolls are the lowest since 2007. But it says homelessness "unseen in more than a generation", persistent child poverty and a record imprisonment rate point to the country "heading off the track".
9000+ homes provided by the community housing sector
We are excited to announce that in the 3rd quarter of 2016 we received information on 9,097 homes provided by the community housing sector. After subtracting out the Tamaki and Christchurch City portfolios, the total is 4,101 which exceeds the previous assessment of 3,681 homes in the 2014 Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) report.
Research shows New Zealand housing still unaffordable
Several reports have been recently released looking at New Zealand’s housing affordability for home ownership. These are the Massey University Home Affordability report quarterly survey December 2016 and the international Demographia report that shows Auckland is still the fourth most expensive city in the world.
The 2016 Child Poverty Monitor Technical Report provides the fourth consecutive annual report on indicators that assess aspects of child poverty in New Zealand and their implications for child wellbeing.
Community Housing Provider Capacity research report
CHA has now released a research report examining the institutional settings required for community housing providers to deliver 1000 new homes per year for the next 10 years.
Developer and incoming resident experiences of the establishment phase at Waimahia Inlet
Waimahia Inlet is an affordable housing development located on the edge of the Manukau Harbour, 23km south of the Auckland CBD and 5km southwest of Manukau City centre. On completion, Waimahia Inlet will be Aotearoa’s largest third sector housing development with 295 dwellings, approximately 70% of these being either assisted homeownership or homes retained by community housing providers as affordable rental accommodation.
By Shamubeel Eaqub in Housing Finance International; Autumn 2016; The state of housing the housing market in New Zealand.
While there are sufficient numbers of housing being built through the cycle, it is not accessible to all, says Shamubeel Eaqub in this article from Housing Finance International.
Report evaluates urban challenges facing Aotearoa New Zealand
Managing urbanisation by looking after smaller as well as larger centres, clarifying the political power of local government, and clearly identifying greenhouse gas emission implications of city-based development, are among crucial issues identified in a report on New Zealand produced in time for a United Nations conference this month