Insight: The State of Social Housing

Nov 24, 2014 | News

As the government moves to sell off more than twenty thousand state houses, many church groups and Iwi say they are keen to take them on. But they want the properties at a discount and they don’t want to lumped with the dumps. Radio New Zealand’s Housing...

Partnership providing healthier social housing

Nov 24, 2014 | News

More than 220 housing units have had free insulation or thermal curtains installed through the Council–CEA partnership, with that number expected to increase to 500 units before end of June next year. Communities, Housing and Economic Development Committee Chair...

NZ Coalition to End Homelessness Conference 2015

Nov 19, 2014 | Events

Date: 26 February 2015 Venue: Shed 6, Queens’ Wharf, Wellington Through networking and collaborative workshops we will clear the path for the future, and create sustainable solutions to ensure the end of homelessness. Homelessness is defined as living situations...

New initiatives to improve tenancy services

Nov 19, 2014 | News

“A new FastTrack Resolution service will be available from today to all landlords and tenants to help resolve rent arrears disputes in a faster and more efficient way. A new online system for Tenancy Tribunal applications is also up and running from today, which will...

State houses sitting on goldmine

Nov 16, 2014 | News

Even the victims of Glen Innes’ state housing transformation can see the logic behind it. Well, most of them. In Fernwood Place, in GI’s north-east corner, just two Housing NZ tenants remain in a street of 30 state and former state houses. Read the full...

Trust leads revolution in housing

Nov 14, 2014 | News

The Government wants a new approach to social housing, which would see more private providers, such as church groups and iwi, take on vulnerable tenants as the Government sells off thousands of homes. Housing New Zealand (HNZ) confirmed to the Nelson Mail there are...