Horowhenua District Mayor Brendan Duffy says a written condition of any sale and purchase agreement is that all properties will be retained as community housing for the district, ensuring existing tenants can stay in their units. Another condition will ensure the same...
Matt Paetz, a leading New Zealand planner specialising in housing policy and development who is presenting at the New Zealand Planning Institute’s annual conference in Dunedin next week, has worked on housing accords and SHAs in Auckland, Wellington and Queenstown. He...
Executive Officer, Julie Scott, said “we’re very pleased with the performance of the construction companies so far, with all on track for completion by the end of this year.” “As a design-build process, the three firms bring different styles to the development which...
The Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has appointed Carl Crafar as interim Deputy Chief Executive (DCE) for social housing. Carl’s appointment signals an important change – namely, that MSD is now the lead agency on the Social Housing Reform Programme (SHRP). He...
Figures released for the first time raise questions about whether new home building in Auckland is making the city any more affordable. The median price of new dwellings is $800,000, and fewer than 20 percent of new homes qualify for KiwiSaver first-home-buyer...
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On 15 April, with thanks to our gracious host BECA at their Pitt St, Auckland Auditorium, over 100 gathered for a panel discussion with Andrew Wilson (Accessible Properties), Dominic Foote (NZ Housing Foundation), Rohan Bush (Auckland Council), John Abel-Pattinson...
MSD purchases tenancies from Housing New Zealand and registered community housing providers for people on the social housing register. Deputy CE Social Policy Nic Blakeley says the information is intended for providers of social housing, including those looking at...
“The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Purchasing Intentions information release is the first of its kind, and marks a milestone in the Government’s Social Housing Reform Programme,” says Mrs Bennett. “Community Housing Providers and Housing New Zealand will be...
A key point identified is that public housing transfer proposals in Australia have tended to involve only a very limited amount of prior tenant or community consultation, due to short time frames for program implementation and competitive processes for selection of...
The Healthy Homes programme makes insulation available for houses that need it most for low or no cost. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) said it had reached 36,117 houses nationwide since it started two years ago, but those putting in the...
“So that we’ve got the levers that Government has around population, around growth and around helping out with some financing of infrastructure, which again will unlock the ability for us to develop other areas” Says REINZ figures showing only 9% of new build consents...
Effective procurement that maximises productive, sustainable margins to the industry, while delivering fit-for purpose dwellings at an affordable price to the community sector is needed to increase supply. Partnering approaches involving collaborative design, project...
The City Council entered into a Housing Accord with Government in June 2014 that aims to support an increase in housing supply and improve housing affordability. The Accord sets ambitious targets for the number of dwellings and sections to be consented and built...