Pirihima/Nga Potiki Papākainga While less than 1% of Victoria’s population are Aboriginal, they still number 54,000 with half living in Melbourne. They are an indigenous group of Australians experiencing high rates of homelessness, with many in social housing, low...
“The National Policy Statement on Urban Development Capacity (NPS-UDC) requires councils to allow for a greater supply of houses, so prices rise more slowly and houses are more affordable. The long-term root cause of New Zealand’s housing affordability problems is...
The different levels reflect the level of health risk from living in a house where someone smoked methamphetamine, and living in a house used to manufacture the drug. Based on the recommendations now provided, the Ministry of Health believes houses which don't trigger...
Leonie Freeman, a director of Goodman Property is proposing the establishment of a new non-profit organisation which she launched at Community Housing New Zealand’s Our Place seminar on Wednesday 26 October in Auckland. Her plan would involve every part of the housing...
Yet hundreds of tenants have been evicted from their state homes, after Housing New Zealand detected tiny traces of methamphetamine in them, and are often made to pay tens of thousands of dollars in clean up fees. The ministry has just published new guidelines saying...
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Social housing issues have dominated headlines this year following the Government’s plan to sell off tens of thousands of state houses to non-Government providers, starting with hundreds in Invercargill and Tauranga. However, the plan struck problems with some...
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 Council’s brief was to find a community housing partner that could work alongside council to secure long term social housing for Auckland’s older people. The Selwyn Foundation has been providing services for vulnerable elderly people since 1954. Chief...
The 30-bedroom development cost $4.3 million and included $2 million in funding from the Government’s social housing unit fund. Last week the Government announced that it would partner with five community organisations to increase the number of social housing...
The Government has a long-term plan of introducing “milestone payments” for non-government providers which improved the social outcomes of their tenants. CHA director Scott Figenshow said he was sceptical about the proposed policy. He said the costs of...
The $12 million Hornby Project is a collaborative partnership between the Government, the Christchurch City Council, the New Zealand Housing Foundation, Abbeyfield, Housing Plus Charitable Trust, the Salvation Army and the Christchurch Methodist Mission. The 44-home...
A member of Auckland Council’s seniors advisory panel, Richard Northey, said seven providers submitted bids to manage the Auckland flats: British-owned Pinnacle Group and Bupa Care Services; Australian-owned Horizon Housing and Compass Housing; and NZ-owned...
The 344 homes are currently tenanted to people in their retirement – this proposal means tenants will be able to remain in their homes. Accessible Properties General Manager Andrew Wilson says, “We have a long history of supporting people who need good quality housing...
Auckland Development Committee Chair, Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse, says the preferred provider is a New Zealand-owned and operated organisation with an excellent track record in the sector. “Partnering with an experienced community housing provider strengthens our...