“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...
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...
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 Gemmell...
Listen to Scott Figenshow comment on Morning report. Here’s the media post on this. Social housing project on market after just a year The part-government-owned Tamaki Redevelopment Company is selling its tenancy arm, Tamaki Housing Association, which manages nearly...
“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...
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Whare Ora papakāinga is a communal village set in 50 acres of land owned by He Korowai. It has been built from refurbished former state homes trucked up from Glen Innes and has a school and a community garden that includes 250 fruit trees. It is home to 17 adults and...
Update on progress of the bill: On Wednesday morning Marianne from Action station went to Parliament to present in person Action Stations crowd-sourced submission on the proposed changes to charities law. The Chair of the Select Committee, Ruth Dyson, asked her to...
Staff at Lifewise celebrated the recent announcement with a cake. Chief Executive Scott Figenshow says the investment is a positive step forward to support the country’s most vulnerable people. The funding will be partly used for a Housing First model which moves...
The Unitary Plan aims to provide a single set of rules to manage how Auckland’s housing and infrastructure develops over the coming decades. It will also ensure that future growth is balanced with enhancing and protecting the things Aucklanders value most like...
Drawing the line – how many state houses do we need? Alan argues the underlying motive for Government to reduce dependence on housing, by moving people along the continuum, ignores the housing reality for many. He points to overseas studies of future demand for social...
Read more here in this press release. And read more about the People’s Project here.The People’s Project Housing First is the belief that all people deserve to be housed – FINAL 250516.pdf
Tenants of one of the homes: Tami, Todd, Zach and Andrew The homes include a mixture of one and two bedroom properties, three of which are wheel chair accessible featuring wide hallways and fully accessible bathrooms. “These homes are great examples of the kinds of...
“In the end, the Government needs to provide social housing,” Key said. “If we can’t get them in one way, we’ll get them in another. There are a variety of other ways that we can fill that through Housing NZ.” Housing NZ said last...
This year’s Budget documents show that the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) expects to contract for only 175 new homes from community providers in the financial year that started on July 1. Community Housing Aotearoa director Scott Figenshow said the...
The aim of the new website is to positively influence the relationships between employers and employees, and to promote safe, fair and harmonious workplaces. The website provides practical and operational information on the 14 pieces of legislation that relate to...