Council wants more Government help with homelessness

Dec 2, 2014 | News

The briefing paper asks the Government to recognise homelessness as a significant national issue and to take a multi-sector approach to addressing both the short and long term issues facing the voluntary sector that supports the homeless. Read more on Scoop...

Why we must break the cycle

Dec 1, 2014 | News

We can all agree with Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett when she said in October that “it is not suitable for families to have to sleep in caravans, cars, garages or caravan parks”. It’s more than that – it’s unacceptable. But what...

Pensioner Units to Be Sold to Social Housing Providers

Nov 28, 2014 | News

After considering community feedback, the Council agreed that the pensioner housing units will not be sold on the open market, and instead only be offered for sale to social housing providers. Conditions of any sale will be that existing tenants are able to remain...

Increase in housing costs outpaces household income

Nov 28, 2014 | News

The latest Household Economic Survey (Income) shows average annual household income rose 9.1 percent in the two years to June 2014, from $81,227 to $88,579. In the same period, average household weekly spending on housing costs rose 11.1 percent, from $256 to $284....

CHA Discussion with Charities Services

Nov 27, 2014 | News

We asked for clarification on what the individual organisations could expect in terms of reviews of their charitable status. We expressed significant frustration in the sector- that you have little time or resource to respond to a review, the lack of clear criteria on...

Briefing to incoming minister on MSD Website

Nov 27, 2014 | Documents

Briefing to Incoming Ministers – MSD has released their briefing at the following link: http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/corporate/briefing-incoming-minister/2014/index.html

CHA’s summary of Housing New Zealand Statement of Intent

Nov 27, 2014 | News

The publications are available at the following link: http://www.hnzc.co.nz/our-publications The Statement of Performance Expectations, originally due in July/August; does not appear to predict any significant impact in the current financial year (to June 2015) of...