Wellington City Council is reviewing its social housing service policy, which ensures Wellingtonians have long-term access to good quality social housing if they need it. The Council is seeking feedback from today, Thursday 15 January, through to Friday 27 March, to help inform the writing of a new draft policy. Formal consultation of the new draft policy will begin in August.
Housing in Auckland: Trends in housing from the Census of Population and Dwellings 1991 to 2013
Housing in Auckland: Trends in housing from the Census of Population and Dwellings 1991 to 2013 describes some of the changes that have occurred in housing in the Auckland region, including tenure, housing costs, and household crowding. There is a particular focus on how Auckland’s rapid growth has affected housing.
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s latest housing and construction report shows signs that the Christchurch housing market may be slowing.
The Ministry today released the fifth edition of the New Zealand Housing and Construction Quarterly, which analyses key housing market, construction and social housing data.
MSD requests Registration of Interest for new IRRS funding in Auckland
Commissioned by Community Housing Aotearoa, CRESA completed two important reports that measure the housing stock operated by both community housing and local government sectors.
CHA received a few comments on the MBIE draft landscape, largely saying that the items needed to cover a wider spectrum of the housing continuum. We provided an updated version of this to Government on 11 November 2014.
Community Group Housing – Proposed resolution of Building Code issues
With huge thanks to Peter Sanders of Spectrum Care, and Andrew Wilson and Nigel Smith of Accessible Properties, we can report that a letter and proposed solution has been put forward to MBIE.
Julie MacKenzie, Nexus Planning & Research, presented her research on mixed tenure communities and outcomes for tenants at the CHA Impact Conference 2014.
The growth of international not-for-profit social housing organisations
In 2013 Director of Dwell Housing Trust, Alison Cadman, was awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship to travel to Australia, the UK and USA to study the growth of not-for-profit social housing organisations - the growth in the provision of social and affordable housing by not-for-profit organisations has significantly changed the landscape of social housing in the UK and now increasingly in Australia. Alison has written a report on her findings.
Gen Y give up on home-owning dream: Veda (published 23/9)
A survey of over 300 community organisations shows many are under severe pressure. Most groups are doing more work than ever for less money, groups are struggling to retain qualified staff, they see threats to traditional collaboration, and a few groups are facing closure.
