Housing trust pledges 1,000 affordable homes for Queenstown Lakes District by 2028
QLCHT celebrated 10 years in operation in 2017, and the start of 2018 marks a new era for the Trust as it focuses on tackling the burgeoning waiting list of 500 families needing housing assistance in the Queenstown Lakes District. QLCHT Trustees “With our new Secure...CORT Community Housing in Herald
It shows some of the changes and challenges, successes and solutions in community housing over the 30 years CORT Community Housing has been in existence. Unfortunately, we have little control over the media removing the Community Housing part of CORT’s title...Government stops the sale of state houses
The Labour-led Government announced on 20 December to cancel the sell-off of state houses. The Minister of Housing and Urban Development announced the following: “This will stop the transfer of up to 2,500 state houses in Christchurch. Tenants in the suburbs of...
Community Housing Aotearoa briefing to incoming Minister Housing and Urban Development
This briefing paper was prepared ahead of the meeting with the Minister on 30 January. Community Housing Aotearoa have stated that we are ready to work alongside Government to realise a shared vision for public investment in housing across the full housing...Auckland relocation grant to end
“Since the Relocation from Auckland Assistance was introduced in June 2016, there has been an across-the-board increase in the demand for public and private housing, especially in regions and towns close to Auckland. “This initiative was just shifting the housing...Building housing in Auckland
As one of Auckland’s largesthousing developers and builders, Fletcher Living understands this issue all too well. We know a lot of Aucklanders want to own their own homes, and we can see the impact that supply issues are having on affordability and the...Cost of building a home in NZ continues to rise
Photo RNZ QV costbuilder figuresshow the average cost of building a standard 140m², three bedroom, one bathroom home increased by the most in Wellington and Hamilton over the past year, up 2.1% to an average cost of $261,265 in both regions. In comparison, Palmerston...KiwiBuild unit set up in MBIE
The KiwiBuild Unit will be responsible for: · Building KiwiBuild homes as part of redevelopment of state housing land, alongside new state and open market homes. · Scaling up the building of KiwiBuild homes on underutilised Crown-owned land. · Purchasing (or...