​CHA Submission on Urban Development Authorities

​CHA Submission on Urban Development Authorities

May 26, 2017 | Submissions

We have, however, suggested that the appropriate response would be a systemic improvement of the planning, infrastructure and funding frameworks for urban development authorities (UDAs). Otherwise the need for UDAs will become a band aid approach. While we agree that...

2017 Budget announcements

May 26, 2017 | News

We’re pleased to see a group of four announcements in the budget: ·$100m towards to 10 year crown land housing programme ·$224m boost for mental health ·An increase in the Accommodations Supplement of nearly $255m per year to update the benefit levels for 136,000...

$27 million allocated to marae and Māori housing

May 24, 2017 | News

photo Maori Television) The package, announced May 8, includes $10 million over four years allocated to marae. The money will help restore, insulate and repair marae facilities such as wharenui and wharekai. Kainga Ora, or Māori Housing Network, is another initiative...

Safe and Affordable Housing for all

May 22, 2017 | News

The church leaders told the Prime Minister, “An insufficient supply of safe and affordable housing in New Zealand is contributing to a level of poverty that is fracturing the well-being of people and communities and hindering the educational progress of our children....

A guide to Māori housing support across Government

May 22, 2017 | News

It gives information on where to go for help to fix marae, information on te Puni Kōkiri’s Māori Housing Network, where to go for help with emergency accommodation or rental agreements, where to get home ownership help, and where to go to get help to become a...

Crown building project announced for Auckland

May 17, 2017 | News

Under the umbrella of their Crown Building Project, the Government will take down 8300 old HNZC homes in Auckland and replace them with 34,000 new purpose-built homes. Of this number 13,540 will be new social housing and 20,600 will be affordable and market homes.This...

Are the wrong kind of houses being built in Auckland?

May 16, 2017 | News

John Tookey, the head of Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) built environment department, said the free market was not building the kind of homes the city needed. In a report looking at Auckland’s housing market from a construction perspective, Prof...

Emergency housing providers ionstructed not to talk to media

May 15, 2017 | News

Some providers received a directive from the ministry telling them not to talk to media without first talking to it, they told Checkpoint last week. According to Radio NZ, an email,with the subject ‘Media Protocol’, was sent by a regional contracts...

Pre-election housing policies

May 15, 2017 | News

Labour party congress discusses housing policy Sunday, 14 May 2017 1:49 pm | New Zealand Labour Party Press Release the Labour party wants to end tax breaks for speculators and invest in warm, healthy homes Labour will shut down tax breaks for speculators and use the...