A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing

A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing

Feb 12, 2018 | Reports & Articles

I commissioned independent experts to report on the state of housing in New Zealand to provide an additional important contribution that will help inform Government policy decisions. This report assesses the key parts of our housing system; examining market renting,...

​Housing trust completes Riverside Park development

Feb 12, 2018 | News

Last year the Trust completed the construction of 11 new three-bedroom homes on land gifted from Riverside Park developer, Infinity Investment Group. Paul Croft, Chief Executive Officer of Infinity Group, says the 11 sections were part of an agreement with Queenstown...

Housing Quarterly Report released on 1 February 2018

Feb 9, 2018 | News

We are pleased to see MSD continually improving and strengthening the transparency of the data. There is an open invitation to our sector to identify further opportunities for MSD to improve the reports. You can read the full report here. We note that proportionally,...

Transient population figures a national emergency

Feb 9, 2018 | News

“This is the result of decades of punitive sanctions on beneficiaries, selloff of state homes, unliveable incomes and rampant housing speculation. The magnitude of these figures show that the Government will need to do more than simply tinker around the edges,...

​Kiwibuild a building bust

Feb 8, 2018 | News

“Despite Mr Twyford’s big promises to build 100,000 houses over the next ten years, the moment he got into Government that target was slashed to 16,000 over the first three years and now he’s only going to achieve to half of that,” Mr Woodhouse says. “The Labour Party...

Fresh take on housing takes on building industry

Feb 8, 2018 | News

Founder and CEO Graham Bloxham developed the eco tiny iPod tiny home product to disrupt the building industry by providing a fresh take on ready-to-go, portable and stackable housing. “So many New Zealanders are in need of affordable houses but don’t have access to...

Growing waiting list shows need for more public housing

Feb 8, 2018 | News

Figures released today for the December 2017 quarter show the total number of people on the public housing waiting list rose 5 per cent to 7,725. The waiting list is now comprised of 6,182 households in need of a state house and a further 1,543 waiting to be...

​New transitional housing development opens in Napier

Feb 8, 2018 | News

Ms Salesa attended the blessing of the final five homes in Maraenui’s Kelvin Place this morning. “This Housing New Zealand development is part of an overall response to address housing needs in Hawke’s Bay,” Ms Salesa says. “The 10 one-bedroom homes in the Kelvin...

Child poverty targets realistic, but income needs urgent

Feb 8, 2018 | Uncategorised

“Ten years may seem like a long time but the reality is that poverty among children is deeply entrenched, and the result of years of economic changes that have impacted severely on families,” says CPAG Co-convenor Alan Johnson. “It will take us a...