​Reserve Bank to ease LVR restrictions

Nov 29, 2017 | News

NEWS RELEASE 29 NOVEMBER New Zealand’s financial system remains sound and risks to the system have reduced over the past six months, Reserve Bank Governor Grant Spencer said today when releasing the Bank’s November Financial Stability Report. “Momentum in the global...

Review of emergency housing occupancy/tenancy agreements

Nov 28, 2017 | Research

Working alongside the Wellington (Emergency) Housing network, Te Waipounamu Housing Network, the Auckland Emergency Housing Network and the Tenants Protection Association, Christchurch, CHA will review current practice, relevant legislation and best practice to share...

Report on the Getting Ready workshop 23 November

Nov 28, 2017 | Reports & Articles

Four areas were identified as key for the sector to focus on over the next 100 days. Participants felt strongly that an offer from the community housing sector be made to help activate KiwiBuild. The four areas are: 1)Central purchasing / procurement at...

Minister commissions stocktake of New Zealand’s housing crisis

Nov 27, 2017 | News

The Government press release released on 25 November states: “For too long, the previous government refused to accept the housing crisis and establish the scale of the problem we face,” says Minister Twyford. “For instance, it was only once the Labour-led Government...

New tenancy advice resources available

Nov 22, 2017 | News

The videos outline some key things to remember about starting and ending tenancies, how to get help with disputes, and how to keeping rentals healthy. Each little story has houses sharing information about renting, in a situation which is common for New Zealand...

Community Housing Aotearoa work with Construction Industry Council

Nov 21, 2017 | News

CHA is pleased to be a member of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) as it aligns our work supporting community housing providers to link with the development and building sector. We are heartened by the depth and extent of work the CIC and its members are doing...

New questions on housing in Census

Nov 21, 2017 | News

Along with a new set of online forms to spur at least 70 per cent of New Zealanders to respond to the census digitally, every census (usually held at five-year intervals) poses questions of national and social importance on issues tracked over time. Census general...

New research on property investment

Nov 20, 2017 | News

The Herald interviewed Dr Michael Rehm, a senior lecturer in property at the University of Auckland Business School, who says preliminary PhD research by one of his students is revealing how property speculation has fuelled high prices and the Auckland housing crisis....

​Housing crisis spreads through-out the country

Nov 17, 2017 | News

The Herald reported that in Whanganui the Salvation Army have a contract with the Ministry of Social Development that covers seven houses to accommodate people in need for 12 to 24 weeks. “At the end of that time, we often struggle to find affordable housing for...

​Number of Rentals Halve Nationwide

Nov 17, 2017 | News

Head of Trade Me Property Nigel Jeffries said demand for rental properties was strong in October with the average rental receiving 28 per cent more enquiries within the first week of being listed than a year ago. “Properties are getting snapped up fast as demand...