Towards 2020: Increasing social housing

Mar 29, 2017 | News

The discussion will focus on MSD’s 2016 Purchasing Strategy which sets out where and how the Ministry is looking to increase supply of social housing places, and how MSD can partner with groups and individuals interested in developing more social housing. Attendance...

Safe asbestos management crisis – information lacking

Mar 29, 2017 | News

Asbestos Removal New Zealand has created a basic guide for landlords and home owners to clarify their asbestos responsibilities under the new legislation. In the process of interviewing tradespeople from a range of relevant industries they uncovered a much broader...

New social housing model launched

Mar 27, 2017 | News

“This is the first regional, large-scale transfer of Government-owned social houses to a community housing provider,” says Social Housing Minister Amy Adams. “They are a major plank of our plan to improve social housing.” “While the ownership of these social houses in...

Housing First launched in Auckland

Mar 27, 2017 | News

Social Housing Minister Amy Adams and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff have launched Housing First Auckland, which aims to house 472 homeless Aucklanders and provide wrap-around services to address the causes of their homelessness. “We don’t want to see anyone living on the...

Nine ways to fix New Zealand’s broken rental market

Mar 27, 2017 | Uncategorised

As part of the Spinoff’s rent week series here’s the latest article on private rental housing and the nine things Dr Elinor Chisholm says we can do to help fix these problems. 1. Make renting more secure We need to make sure the Residential Tenancy Act supports...

New emergency housing for Hutt Valley

Mar 23, 2017 | News

The Koraunui Marae Trust has been contracted to provide housing and support services to the women and children who will stay in a new six-bedroom, three-bathroom house that is funded through the government’s new emergency housing initiative. Trustee Henrietta...

Housing First Auckland pilot officially opened today

Mar 23, 2017 | Uncategorised

The Housing First Auckland pilot is already up and running but is being officially launched today by Social Housing Minister Amy Adams and Auckland Mayor Phil Goff. It aims to help 472 chronically homeless people find accommodation over two years. The pilot focuses on...

Landlord convictions made under new law

Mar 21, 2017 | News

“This prosecution is significant in that it is the first time the Government has pursued a landlord for failing to provide a warm, dry, safe home. Last year’s tenancy reforms enabled the ministry to directly prosecute landlords rather than relying on tenants to take...