Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) COVID-19 Update 6 September 2021 Message from CHA's Chief Executive, Support for Members, Sharing ideas and issues, Productivity Commission Submission, Important website links. Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) COVID-19 Update 6...
Message from Chief Executive, Support for Members, CHA Regional Event Series, #right2housing - Episode 2, Community Finance named as finalists at Sustainable Business Awards, Feedback sought on draft strategy and planning policy for housing measures, An update on the...
In its submission, CHA supports, in principle, the Council’s preferred Option as set out in section 3.2 of the “Reasons for the Proposal”. Read the CHA Submission here
CHA acknowledges that the purpose of this Bill is to ensure that New Zealand significantly improves work place health and safety conditions through a set of world class standards of protection for its citizens. CHA has concerns that the language of the Bill goes too...
We will be asking for your feedback post-implementation. For those of you who missed the sessions, the latest information on the changes to social housing is available atwww.msd.govt.nz/social-housing. We are still eagerly awaiting details of the Regulatory...
Of the SD goals, goal 11 most relates to the community housing sector in New Zealand. It aims to make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable. One of the key targets is to ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing...
This is a two-stage project. The first stage report: 'Structuring Options' is available here: CHA Structuring Options (FINAL).pdf The survey of the seven organisations on the CHA Council were thought to represent a range of providers due to being: small or large,...
“There is a real contradiction in government support and our members’ experience," says Trevor. Work and Income’s Special Needs Grants for food have decreased by 28% from December 2009 to December 2015, but the demand for food parcels has skyrocketed. Housing New...
In our first article we looked at the significant upgrade programme that Wellington City Council have entered into for their housing stock. You can find this article here. Our second article looks at the current trends happening across the country by looking at the...
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 implementation...
Thank you to all members and the non-member organisations who responded to the surveys. While the community housing sector report confirms 4021 units operated by the sector, CHA estimates a further 1000 units likely operated by sector organisations that did not...
Proposed amendments to the Charities Act, being considered right now by the Government Administration Select Committee, would remove the ability of charities to appeal any decisions of the Chief Executive of the Department of Internal Affairs.
Here is the article: Spotlight on homelessness and emergency housing that was published in the Australasian Housing Institutes publication HousingWORKS in June.
Drawing the line – how many state houses do we need?
Alan Johnson, Social Policy Director at The Salvation Army in NZ, presented at an Australasian Housing Insititute event in Auckland on Thursday 21st July. Alan's presentation provided a critique of the Government’s stance that the overall numbers of state housing should reduce to 60,000 by 2017. He argued that the provision of state housing should be based on the type and extent of need and a clear understanding of the interventions required to address this need.
The latest HRV State of Home Survey has found mould is prevalent in almost half of New Zealand’s rental homes and renters take more sick days than the national average. Some landlords are refusing to address tenants concerns about the cold, damp and mouldy state of their homes with 56% of property owners doing nothing when contacted about housing issues by tenants.
New Zealand housing and the United Nations sustainable development goals
The United Nations has identified 17 global goals for sustainable development to achieve transformational change throughout the world by 2030. These goals include ending poverty and hunger and the things we would want to see in a fair and equitable world. They also include 169 targets. So how does this affect New Zealand’s community housing sector?
CHA asked Deloitte to assist with setting out an alternative model for community housing provider involvement in stock transfers that delivers on several fronts: a local response to delivery; improved tenant choice across the housing continuum; increases supply of both social and affordable housing; and is phased to support provider growth and builds capacity.
We need member feedback on this please.
AA home insurance survey has some interesting findings
In a recent AA Insurance Home Survey, which interviewed 500 landlords throughout New Zealand, almost 90% were concerned that tenants might damage their investment property. This was followed by the possibility of missing rent payments (88%) and then contamination of the property by consumption or production of illegal drugs (87%). Yet over the past 12 months to 31 May 2016, the most common type of landlord claim is for accidental loss or damage to property (25%) for such things as a hole in the wall or stain on the carpet, not for intentional damage. The average cost for insurance claims from landlords is $3,000.
Massey University Housing Affordability report June 2016
In the latter months of 2015, Massey University reported an improvement in home affordability across the nation. This trend has continued, however, the past three months to June show a significant reversal (9.2%).
House price index show a surge in investor activity
The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows that nationwide residential property values for June have increased 13.5% over the past year. Values rose by 5.6% over the past three months and are now 42.6% above the previous market peak of late 2007. When adjusted for inflation the nationwide annual increase drops slightly to 13.0% and values are now 21.6% above the 2007 peak. The average value nationwide is now $590,909.
The Auckland market has increased 16.1% year on year and 4.7% over the past three months. Values there are now 78.4% higher than the previous peak of 2007. When adjusted for inflation values rose 15.6% over the past year and are 52.1% above the 2007 peak. The average value in the Auckland region is now $975,087.
The Healthy Homes Guarantee Bill (No 2) (HHG2) follows on the heels of the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill (RTA). Community Housing Aotearoa have made a submission on this bill.
Cost tower: Construction costs of social and affordable houses, Auckland 2015
Can you build an affordable house in Auckland? Media debate suggests that rising construction and land costs, together with the costs of meeting planning regulations, are making this extremely difficult. The debate, however, largely rests on either anecdotal evidence or modelled data. No-one has taken a good look at the actual costs of constructing affordable housing.
Beacon and NZIER have set out to provide a firm empirical basis for understanding the costs of delivering affordable new builds. Focusing only on Auckland (the plan is to extend this work to other areas in time), they gathered cost data from five builders / developers, covering 69 affordable and social homes built in 2015.
