30 public homes planned for Horowhenua welcomed

The government will partner with community housing providers to build these homes, which will help to achieve a goal of more than 6,400 new public homes across New Zealand by 2022. “We’re pleased the government has recognised that Horowhenua has a shortage of...

KiwiBuild announces opportunity for offsite manufacturers

KiwiBuild has today issued an Invitation To Participate (ITP) to offsite manufacturers of housing solutions to support the delivery of 100,000 new affordable homes over the next ten years. Head of KiwiBuild Stephen Barclay says exploring opportunities that offsite...

Frontline housing worker to give Bruce Jesson Lecture

Smith, the chief executive of Māngere-based Monte Cecilia Housing Trust, will argue that the Labour-led government is not doing enough to meet the housing needs of low-income families, and seems to be putting all its efforts into KiwiBuild houses that will cost up to...

​Thousands of new homes in Mt Roskill redevelopment

Phil Twyford today unveiled the Mt Roskill Development at the site of a newly built state house. Similar in scale to the Mangere Development, the 143 hectare Mt Roskill Development will be built over the next 10 to 15 years. “Not only will this redevelopment provide...

Report: House prices will push 200k families out of the cities

A new report from the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment shows for much of the population the housing crisis has been building for more than a decade. Community House Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow told Mike Hosking it’s been a long...

Proposals to make homes healthier released

Healthy homes standards will set minimum requirements for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture and drainage, and draught stopping in residential rental properties. Phil Twyford said the Government was committed to improving the quality of rental properties so...