​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...

Kāpiti taskforce submits housing plan to council

Mr Gurunathan said the seriousness of the situation was brought home to him when he met the family living in a garage. “That really brought to the fore for me, the responsibility as a mayor to say, ‘Look, I don’t want to see this in my community...

A housing plan for New Zealand

A housing plan for New Zealand By James Goodhue | Guest writer September 9, 2017 (The original article on the Spinoff here) How does New Zealand get out of the housing hole it’s bought and sold itself into? Property and construction professional James Goodhue has a...

Wellington Council housing taskforce update

The Wellington City Council is also planning to set up a new political housing sub-committee to ensure all Wellingtonians are well housed. There is an estimated shortfall of about 3900 homes in the city and an extra 37,000 homes will be required to meet a population...

Dwell Housing and Ark Trust work together

Dwell Housing Trust Chief Executive Alison Cadman, and Wadestown Ark Trust’s Dr Brian Ensor celebrate Dwell’s acquisition of five church homes in Wadestown, Wellington. Ownership of five homes built in the early 1980s by the Wadestown Ark Trust was transferred in late...
Submission on MBIE fire safety draft design guide

Submission on MBIE fire safety draft design guide

CHA agrees the need to develop a reasonable alternate solution to the requirements of the Acceptable Solution C/AS3 which came into effect in July 2014. We are one of the stakeholders who has worked with MBIE over the past three years to develop the Draft Design...

Youth social housing facility for Dunedin

Last week the Methodist Mission and Minister for Social Housing Amy Adams announced a transitional youth housing facility would open in the city in January. Mrs Adams was in Dunedin on an election campaign visit. The Government would provide about $700,000 over the...