What we heard from the panel was moving, inspirational, and practical. The discussion was led by Stephen Selwood, CEO of Infrastructure New Zealand, who described housing as an issue for all New Zealanders. “Everyone is impacted in some way by the housing crisis.”...
The latest HRV State of the Home Survey, conducted by research company Buzz Channel, has found 66 per cent of renters said their landlord either didn’t respond, failed to fix a problem, or “kind of made some effort to remedy an issue” they brought to their attention....
In April the Council announced the new taskforce formed by Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult, tasked to investigate new ways of addressing housing availability and affordability in the district. Four months on the taskforce is reporting considerable...
Overall, the council met the target for 39,000 sites and dwellings consented within the three year period of the Accord. To date 5,527 dwellings issued with building consents and 3,105 dwellings have been completed within SHAs as of June 2017. Councillor Chris Darby,...
500 social rental homes will be built over the next seven years. Photo: 123RF Ted Manson has started construction of what he hopes will become 500 social rental homes in Auckland over the next seven years, in deals that also involve maintenance of the apartment...
“In addition to the 163 houses we built over the last eight months, the Government is investing another $46.3 million into 145 new social houses in Greater Christchurch. It brings our total to $98.3 million for 308 new social houses for those in need,” Ms Adams says....
She had a vast amount of experience in housing that included: working in community housing in New South Wales and Victoria; community development and tenant participation experience in New Zealand’s community housing sector, state housing experience in New Zealand and...
By David Zussman of Community Housing Aotearoa I arrived in Manchester early on Friday 17 June. It was great to be home and to be with my family. The fire at Grenfell Tower had only just been put out and was still smouldering. This awful tragedy played out during my...
“We know the answer in a housing crisis is pretty simple – build more houses. But more specifically, we need to build more social and affordable housing. We’re pretty good at building large and expensive houses – we’ve got plenty of those, and that’s the problem.”...
Shift from social to affordable housing There has been a big shift towards the provision of affordable housing, considered as rental at 80% of market rent, and away from social housing. This is driven by lower grant subsidies for building new houses and a 1% a year...
