CHA comments on the Residential Tenancies Ammendment Bill

CHA comments on the Residential Tenancies Ammendment Bill

Jan 27, 2016 | Submissions

CHA believes that the ammendments are better than the status quo but do not go far enough. Read our submission here. And our press release here A number of research papers have been written that support the sector’s call for a Housing Warrant of Fitness that are...

Government pays to move people out of Auckland

Jan 26, 2016 | News

While no figure has been confirmed, Paula Bennett says it’s likely to be similar to the 3k Christchurch policy – so people will be given $3000 and moving costs. “We have places in New Zealand where there is employment, where there certainly are empty state...

Fletchers lobbies Government for Auckland housing plan

Jan 26, 2016 | News

Steve Evans, Fletcher Building housing chief operating officer said he met the ministers last year to advocate a new shared ownership model. The feedback he got was that there was interest in the scheme. He would not name precisely who talks had been held with, just...

New Zealand’s houses most expensive in world

Jan 18, 2016 | News

Property Council chief executive Connal Townsend says the 14% year-on-year growth in 2015 is a damning indictment of the country’s housing market when compared to other countries. “This is extremely concerning to us. We have a planning system in crisis with excessive...

Homeless youths in Auckland “the tip of the iceberg”

Jan 18, 2016 | News

“Sadly more and more young New Zealanders face the reality of homelessness everyday says Dr Shiloh Groot Co-Chair of the NZCEH. “The homeless population has continued to increase every year and these young people are just another example of it....

Auckland renters get desperate

Jan 18, 2016 | News

International students are believed to be the most vulnerable to exploitation in the rental market, with the cost to rent an apartment close to university campuses jumping out of reach for those on limited incomes. The dire situation has been highlighted by a Facebook...

Christchurch homeless women’s shelter confirmed

Jan 12, 2016 | News

The Christchurch City Mission has been operating a trial homeless shelter for woman for the last three years and has now confirmed the shelter will continue permanently. Shelter director Catherine Williamson has worked in the sector for 30 years and says there had...

IRRS too expensive to extend to local authority housing

Jan 12, 2016 | News

Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle said it was not fair that councils, which provided 11,000 social houses, were not eligible for the subsidies. CHA Director, Scott Figenshow, comments on the creation of a level playing field in the housing sector in a Radio New...