Step 1: Create a vision for the city. Freeman’s vision is: “Housing at the heart of connecting and strengthening communities.” She has six key targets. One: address the shortage of housing by building 125,000 new homes by 2025 and 420,000 by 2045. That’s the same goal...
This new deadline allows time for more and new social housing providers to apply to the RFP and to make use of the extra $24.4 million government allocated in September enabling community housing providers to get an upfront grant of up to 50% of the value of the...
The proposed consultation items include restricting the annual average rate rise to 2.5% and addressing Auckland’s need for extra revenue to support growth with the proposed introduction of a visitor levy, a targeted rate for new large-scale developments and a...
The Labour party say they have been pushing for the Government to stabilise house prices by building affordable homes and banning foreign speculators. You can read the labour party press release here and download the Reserve Bank data here.
The Government is progressing its ambitious Social Housing Reform Programme and the Housing New Zealand (HNZ) owned properties in Christchurch are the second tranche to be proposed for transfer, following the appointment of Accessible Properties as the preferred...
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CHA member Emerge Aotearoa will provide 30 places for individuals or families, for a stay of up to 12 weeks. “This means we can house at least a further 120 people each year, including parents with children, on top of the emergency housing that is already available...
Registered charities were exempt from these requirements, but from 30 November 2016 the exemption will end and the new rules will apply to everybody. This means that all community and voluntary organisations, including registered charities, wanting to raise money from...
Council planners want to intensify housing in areas of the city that were previously off the radar but they face opposition from some residents in those suburbs. The council argues the proposed changes are not binding and would be considered by an independent Unitary...
Seven trustees have been confirmed for the new Otautahi Community Housing Trust, which is made up of three Council trustees (Deputy Mayor Vicki Buck and Councillors Andrew Turner and Paul Lonsdale), and four independent trustees (Alex Skinner, Pam Sharpe, Lloyd Mander...
Paula Bennett said “This Bill ensures the Government can be clear and transparent in transferring HNZ properties to the community sector. Combined with the guaranteed income stream through the Income Related Rent Subsidy, transferring properties gives them capital and...
The council has housing stock of 115 units across eight complexes throughout the District.If Council decides to no longer provide pensioner housing, it would then seek expressions of interest from Community Housing Providers. Read more here. Horowhenua District Mayor...
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...
Listen to the Radio New Zealand news report here. Documents obtained by Labour show the Government was warned emergency housing was underfunded, unfair and unaccountable – just days before giving an utterly inadequate $2 million extra for more such accommodation, says...