Agreement on Auckland land development

The Government and iwi have formed an agreement acknowledging the Tamaki Collective has the right of first refusal to develop land set aside for housing.As part of the agreement, 20 percent of the homes in any development would be made available to the community...

Queenstown Lakes Housing Trust developments

The Trust is now in full swing with civil works at its 44 lot site in Shotover Country. The roads and services are expected to be completed by Christmas – with this part of the project costing $2m and supported by a loan from Community Trust of Southland. Construction...

Green party comments on Serco’s involvement

“Thousands of state houses being placed on the asset sales block tomorrow for overseas buyers is a move that is deeply unpopular with New Zealanders” the Green Party have commented. “That the Serco boss was here offering to buy up more state assets like...

New houses in Fenchurch opened

The 11 houses have been built by Housing New Zealand to meet the needs of today’s social housing tenants, with double-glazing, insulation, thermal quality curtains and low-energy use appliances. They are a mixture of two, three and four bedroom units, and replace two...

More special housing areas announced

The 11 new SHA’s announced are: • Bute Road, Browns Bay: 0.17 hectares, 49 homes • Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest: 2.48 hectares, 100 homes • College Hill, Ponsonby: 0.24 hectares, 48 homes • Kingdon Street, Newmarket: 0.12 hectares, 58 homes • Corner Cornwall Park...

Flexible purchasing

The answers to the following questions are here: How are CHO’s and Housing New Zealand agreements are similar and different. Is the intent to create a level playing field? Is this the end of IRRS? Will all rent subsidy be handled through tailored agreements? Go here...

CHA membership opportunity

All CHA members have access to Scoop Media resources as a member benefit. This means that you can sign up to ComVoices as an affiliate member and receive the Community Scoop daily newsletter for free and other packages for a subsidised rate. These packages include the...