Wellington council passes affordable housing plan
Wellington mayor Justin Lester Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The council’s city strategy committee voted this morning to adopt the recommendations of the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing. The committee said the policy would allow 40,000 new homes to be...Will Tamaki Regeneration meet its targets?
The NZ Herald have reported new figures that reveal 213 houses, 2.84 per cent of 7500 homes to be built in the next 10 to 15 years as part of the Tamaki Regeneration project, have been built to date. Over the next year the Tamaki Regeneration Company (TRC) chief...Housing Crisis debate 7 September
This was informative and thought provoking and moved the discussion on how to address the housing crisis a little further forward. With over 200 people showing up, it was a full event. A spokesperson from each political party (bar National) presented their housing...BRANZ assessing guide for medium density development
The purpose of this project is to identify and quantify the benefits of medium density housing as a housing option. This could include the lower cost of medium density housing compared with standalone homes, as well as the fact that is often closer to amenities and to...What the banks don’t tell you!!
It would be fair to say that what we heard in his 20-minute presentation was nothing short of jaw dropping. In his non-alarmist, often humorous and understated way, he delivered a very frank account of the way financial institutions conduct themselves and gave us an...Te Matapihi calls for Māori housing finance reform
Thursday, 21 September 2017, 10:07 am Press Release: Te Matapihi Advocate calls for Māori housing finance reform 21 September 2017 – In a statement made last Sunday 17 September, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox promoted the party’s Iwibank policy, which will...