​Hosting housing colleagues in Wellington

Chris Glaudel, CHA; Laurie Putscher, Henrietta Snipes and Mary Jo Kabab all from NAHRO; Hayley Hamilton, MSD; and Tyra Duncan-Hall, NAHRO at the MSD office in Wellington They had been in Australia to attend the National Housing Conference and the AHI Awards Dinner....
Bay of Plenty SmartGrowth report on housing need

Bay of Plenty SmartGrowth report on housing need

Ian Mitchell (left) and Chris Glaudel, report authors, on housing trends in Tauranga and the rest of the Western Bay. Photo/George Novak The Bay of Plenty Times says an analysis of figures showed that only 1300 of Tauranga’s 16,500 renters earned enough to...

A changing of the guard at Accessible Properties

Andrew Wilson left, with Megan Woods MP for Wigram, and Andrew Olsen LifeMark General Manager in 2014 opening a new home in Christchurch part-funded by a Social Housing Fund grant Andrew Wilson’s involvement in community housing has been through the IHC, initially...
Newsletter 14 December 2017

Newsletter 14 December 2017

In this newsletter we learn more about the benefits of tenant engagement, the Community Housing Aotearoa Council’s meeting in Tauranga, the briefing papers to and announcements by the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Phil Twyford; the Bay of Plenty Smart...

Briefing to incoming Minister Housing and Urban Development

A number of briefing papers were prepared. This briefing paper was prepared by : the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), which is the lead state/social housing agency, the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE), Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC...
2.2 million households expected by 2038

2.2 million households expected by 2038

Updated subnational family and household projections released today by Statistics New Zealand indicate future changes in the number and composition of families and households in New Zealand. One person living alone, or many people living together are examples of...

​Healthy Homes bill passes

The passing of the Healthy Homes Guarantee Act was passed by Government on 30 November and covers new standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, draught stopping, drainage and moisture. The bill can be found here. The Government will run a consultation process...