​Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust

Aug 22, 2017 | Member profiles

“Our referrals can be quite diverse,” says Paula. “They sometimes come to us from transitioning from prison, the hospital or rehab.” Tenants also come to the Trust from ‘sleeping rough’ on the streets or in cars. Or they may have just arrived in the region after...

MSD’s Better Access to Social Housing action plan

Aug 22, 2017 | Documents

In 2016, it took a median time of 48 days to house priority A applicants on the Social Housing Register. Their 2021 target is to cut this time by 20 per cent. The Ministry of Social Development have acknowledged the importance of community housing providers in helping...

Manifesto for Housing

Aug 22, 2017 | Documents

The Architectural Centre have released their Manifesto for Housing. In addition to their traditional postcard, the manifesto will also be emblazoned on an Adshel at Wellington’s bus terminal near the railway station for the next two weeks. Design is an important...

PSA Ten Perspectives on Housing

Aug 22, 2017 | News

Authors include Alan Johnson (Salvation Army), Philippa Howden-Chapman (University of Otago), Jess Berenston-Shaw (Morgan Foundation) and David Rutherford (Human Rights Commissioner). Some recurrent themes emerge during the booklet’s ten chapters – the...

MSD moving homeless to Kaeo

Aug 21, 2017 | News

Kaeo Primary School principal Paul Barker said five new children from families being housed in a former holiday park have started at his school in the last week, but the community already had problems dealing with its own issues arising from poverty. He said housing...

Rental Warrant of Fitness for Wellington

Aug 17, 2017 | News

“We want to lift rental standards in our city and make better accommodation available for people. Every Wellingtonian deserves a warm, dry home,” says the Mayor. “We’re pleased to announce the first Rental Warrant of Fitness in New Zealand, alongside public...

More motels bought in areas where state housing has been sold off

Aug 17, 2017 | News

The Herald reported today that the Government began funding emergency housing for the first time in late 2015 because of drastic housing shortages and rising costs, and its role in the sector continues to expand. In all, it has now spent $350 million on emergency...

Queenstown considers solutions to housing

Aug 16, 2017 | News

The first SHA in Queenstown, Bridesdale Farm near Lake Hayes Estate, was marketed as a cheaper, affordable development. Radio New Zealand reports that no houses have been finished in any of the seven SHAs created over the past three years, though dozens are now under...

Four developers in bidding for Barrowcliff

Aug 16, 2017 | News

Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The New Zealand Housing Foundation, the country’s biggest community housing developer, had been about to start on the $140 million project in Wiri, when it complained the asking price for the council-owned land was too high....