Renters getting raw deal from property managers

Apr 5, 2018 | News

Consumer NZ head of research Jessica Wilson said tenants who dealt with a property manager were much more likely to report their home lacked adequate heating and had persistent mould. “Compared with private landlords, property managers were also more likely to delay...

UN supports call for a human rights based housing strategy

Apr 5, 2018 | News

This support was issued by the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which recently reviewed New Zealand’s progress in areas including housing, health and education and released its concluding observations. A human rights based strategy requires...

​CHA says government needs community input to fix housing

Apr 5, 2018 | News

Chief Executive Scott Figenshow today endorsed the United Nation’s report into New Zealand’s progress on housing, which backs a call for a human rights based national housing strategy. Such a strategy would require housing to be affordable, habitable, accessible and...

Housing Trust to purchase 50 apartments in Frankton

Apr 3, 2018 | News

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has confirmed it will purchase 50 apartments within New Ground Capital’s development at Remarkables Park, after obtaining funds from Westpac bank. The one- and two-bedroom apartments are part of New Ground Capital’s...

​ Beneficiaries short changed

Apr 3, 2018 | News

“The current costs of living are leaving beneficiaries struggling to pay their rent and feed themselves and their families, and a marginal increase to benefit levels signals the Government has no sense of urgency to put an end to poverty in Aotearoa”, says Ricardo...

Further tenancy review exemptions to be considered

Mar 29, 2018 | News

Tenancy reviews determine whether a person or family still needs public housing and makes sure they are in a house that meets their current needs. They are on hold until the end of June. “While public housing is not intended to be a house for life, it’s important we...

Public housing for Asian seniors opens in Panmure

Mar 29, 2018 | News

The development has been built by the Chinese New Settlers Services Trust (CNSST), in partnership with the Ministry of Social Development and the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE). MBIE’s Social Housing Fund provided capital funding of more than...

​Q+A: Minister Phil Twyford interviewed by Corin Dann

Mar 26, 2018 | News

It is located at the Unitec site in Mt Albert. ‘It’s going to be the site of an exciting new urban development project that will see probably between 3000 and 4000 new homes built there.’ I would hope that we’d see between 30 and 40% KiwiBuild affordable homes for...