Emotional start to homelessness debate

Nov 29, 2018 | News

Social service agencies, a school principal and a mother who had recently been homeless described the dire emotional and physical toll that homelessness takes, especially on women and children who make up New Zealand’s largest category of homeless people. A Lower Hutt...

​$5 million additional funding for City Mission proposed

Nov 29, 2018 | News

The Mayor’s Annual Budget proposal also confirms the largest ever annual capital investment in transport infrastructure of $1.2 billion, continued investment in the water quality improvement programme and protection of kauri and holding average general rate rises to...

Offsite manufacturers keen to partner with KiwiBuild

Nov 29, 2018 | News

The KiwiBuild Unit has received 102 responses for its Invitation to Pitch for offsite manufacturers, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford announced today. KiwiBuild’s Invitation to Pitch for Offsite Manufacturing has closed. It asked companies...

Celebrations for Wellington’s new Selwyn Sprott Village

Nov 29, 2018 | News

Following the announcement in July that The Selwyn Foundation and Sprott House Trust had entered into a conditional agreement, with a view to Selwyn purchasing the village after a three month transitional period, the sale has completed and Sprott House has now joined...

​The Nation: Housing Minister Phil Twyford

Nov 26, 2018 | News

• Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says the new Housing and Urban Development Authority (HUDA) will act “in partnership” with local iwi, councils and the private sector. “We’re creating a really joined-up one-stop shop that can sit...

New urban development agency unveiled to build more homes

Nov 26, 2018 | News

The new authority will be responsible for leading the Government’s large-scale urban development projects and for being a world class state housing landlord. It will bring together three existing agencies that build homes – Housing New Zealand, its subsidiary HLC, and...

Tauranga housing company pays the rent as prices soar

Nov 22, 2018 | News

Ryan Hunt, Managing Director of Highmark Homes, said they identified that the prospect of making payments during the build was a major barrier for customers. “Often customers are having to pay rent at the same time as servicing debt to start construction, so with...