Patrick Gemmell appointed as new General Manager of Te Matapihi

Te Matapihi he Tirohanga mo te Iwi Trust is the peak sector body for the Māori housing sector. Earlier this year they signed a funding agreement with Te Puni Kōkiri enabling the Trust to expand its role in supporting He Whare Ahuru, the Māori Housing Network and to...

Housing situation now acute- Scott Figenshow in the news

Data from the Ministry of Social Development obtained by the Labour Party shows in the three months to June, it took an average of 217 days to rehouse people living in their cars. That’s up from 108 days at the end of 2015. It took 157 days to rehouse people...
Update on Cross-party inquiry into homelessness

Update on Cross-party inquiry into homelessness

Submissions will initially be heard by the inquiry at four locations: Te Puea Marae in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch between the end of August and early September. Read more about the process here. Read the two-parts of the CHA and He Kainga Oranga...

$24.4m more for Auckland social housing

The funding is in addition to the $120.1 million announced in Budget 2016 for new social housing places in Auckland. “Our Government is taking the housing issue seriously and is committed to increasing supply through community housing providers. Those houses are...

CHRA guidance notes

The Community Housing Regulatory Authority has released a series of guidance notes designed to provide more information on differentaspects of the regulatory process. The guidance notes to date cover:  Class I Social Landlord: What sets you apart?  Separation of...

How can we provide decent affordable housing for our people?

This report by Radio New Zealand looks at what’s going on in Canterbury housing now. It shows some of the solutions that community housing providers, New Zealand Housing Foundation and the Methodist Mission, and others are offering. See more here:

Social Housing Minister, Paula Bennett in Rotorua

She commented: “One of the first things I did when I took on the Social Housing portfolio at the start of last year was review the way we support homeless people, from the funding through to the challenges that prevent people from staying housed. This review...