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Twyford: It’s going to be tough to meet Kiwibuild target

Jan 24, 2019 | News

This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a house, with the average price more than six times the median household income. More than six months into KiwiBuild, only 33 homes have been built - well short of the...

KiwiBuild a ‘massive political distraction’

Jan 24, 2019 | News

"The government could lower unit construction costs in many ways, as it is well aware," former Business Roundtable economist Bryce Wilkinson says in a new research note today. It could ease up on red tape, improve the supply of urban land by removing regulatory...

No Govt solution to high rents

Jan 22, 2019 | News

Women, senior citizens and Māori are amongst the groups more likely to receive accommodation supplement, and the majority of recipients are on some form of benefit. Auckland Action Against Poverty is calling for a freeze on rent increases, and for the Government to...

“How To Fix Auckland’s Housing Crisis.”

Jan 22, 2019 | News

“Auckland is a basket case when it comes to housing affordability,” says Sayers. “It’s of the highest moral imperative for Council to fix.” Auckland must dump the ideology of a compact city and spread out and up to make housing affordable, while simultaneously...

Subfloor insulation in rentals a costly mistake

Jan 22, 2019 | News

Insulation features in “healthy homes” regulations that Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford is expected to impose next month. Under existing law, New Zealand’s 262,000 owners of rental property are required to install both ceiling and underfloor...

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Gov backing mooted for big Wellington public housing project

Mar 15, 2019 | News

Subject to public consultation, Housing New Zealand will develop between 230 and 300 homes on the site in Mt Cook, which will include up to 40 supported-living units for Wellington’s most vulnerable homeless people. The proposal will be on the agenda for next week’s...

Community Housing Providers’ home building flatlines

Mar 14, 2019 | News

Housing numbers for the not-for-profit community housing sector in 2018 show little if any increase over those in 2017. Figurers from Auckland housing network members show a net increase of 57 new housing places including an increase of only 47 new builds. “The...

Could the language of the market be keeping us from solving the housing puzzle?

Mar 14, 2019 | News

To ensure that public policies that get proposed or implemented to create a new housing system get discussed properly in the public, we need a different language to talk about why good housing matters for everyone. In New Zealand our homes are our castles. A place of...

Costs outweigh benefits for Special Housing Area extension

Mar 14, 2019 | News

The HASHAA legislation was established in 2013 as an interim measure until wider reforms to improve housing affordability took effect. It is set to expire on 16 September. Phil Twyford said that although the law had increased housing supply in some areas, it had not...

Only one in four of Government’s new public housing places in Auckland are new builds

Mar 14, 2019 | News

That is worrying community housing organisations who say that huge increases in permanent, long-term public housing are needed to tackle rapid growth in the number of people urgently seeking a home. Quarterly housing data released last month showed that the waiting...

Scrapping SHAs hamstrings housing

Mar 14, 2019 | News

SHAs were enabled as a means of bypassing unnecessary red tape in the planning system that has for decades clogged up the market, to deliver affordable housing that New Zealand’s communities desperately need. While far from a perfect solution to New Zealand’s moribund...

CoHousing Hui Summary: Videos, Slides and More

Mar 8, 2019 | Uncategorised

Maybe you have some colleagues who weren’t able to attend, or there was a sliver of wisdom you can’t quite recall. Whatever the situation, we’ve got it covered 🙂 VIDEOS We managed to record some great footage from the day and although we didn’t...

KiwiBuild comes to Northland – 10 homes in Kotātā Heights

Mar 7, 2019 | News

The KiwiBuild homes are a combination of two and three bedroom brick, standalone homes with internal access garages, elevated and sunny outlooks, and semi-rural and harbour views. Kotātā Heights is a new development within walking distance of Whangarei’s city centre....

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Thirty new social housing units now ready for tenants

Mar 4, 2019 | Uncategorised

Designed to enhance residents’ quality of living, the new units are open-plan, with eco-friendly, futureproof features. All units are double-glazed and well insulated. They also have the 4-star Lifemark certification, which means the flats have facilities to meet...

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