​Emergency housing for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou

Under a new agreement between Te Puni Kokiri (TPK), the principal adviser on the Crown’s relationship with Māori, and Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou, rooms at Te Tini o Porou (formerly the DB Hotel) will be turned into emergency accommodation units. It will provide...

​Phil Goff’s first year

Here’s an excerpt from Todd Niall’s Radio NZ piece The mayor can point to smaller victories. His environmental promise to plant 1,000,000 trees during the term is well underway, as is progress on tackling homelessness. The council’s years-long work...
Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network

Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network

Following the workshop a paper was produced by the Network listing all the issues, barriers and possible solutions identified. This document is a refinement of that paper. At their May meeting the ACHPN considered the long-list of ideas brainstormed at the workshop...

Housing supply survey update

As at 30 June, 39 organisations have responded to the survey reporting on 9834 homes and with an occupancy rate of 94%. The homes surveyed are providing primarily long-term rental accommodation at 85%, with 6% in shared ownership programs, 6% rent-to-buy, and a small...

How Finland ended homelessness

Radio NZ talked to Juha Kaakinen of the Y Foundation in Finland about this. Listen to Juha Kaakinen on Nine to Noon A recent report by European Union housing organisation FEANTSA found every country in the EU is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness and housing...

Nominees for CHA Council 2017-18

Here is the agenda for the day. CHA Workshop Agenda 24 October 2017.pdf Nominations: CHA full members can vote for any FOUR of the following candidates. You can read their full application by clicking the PDF below. Bernie Smith – Monte Cecilia Housing Trust As CEO of...

$470 a week to live in a Ranui Caravan Park

But it has become a permanent home for many residents who have nowhere else to go, and it stands as a stark example of what happens when access to housing moves beyond the reach of society’s most vulnerable. Newshub visited the park to speak to residents living...