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...

Wellington council passes affordable housing plan

Wellington mayor Justin Lester Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The council’s city strategy committee voted this morning to adopt the recommendations of the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing. The committee said the policy would allow 40,000 new homes to be...

Will Tamaki Regeneration meet its targets?

The NZ Herald have reported new figures that reveal 213 houses, 2.84 per cent of 7500 homes to be built in the next 10 to 15 years as part of the Tamaki Regeneration project, have been built to date. Over the next year the Tamaki Regeneration Company (TRC) chief...

Housing Crisis debate 7 September

This was informative and thought provoking and moved the discussion on how to address the housing crisis a little further forward. With over 200 people showing up, it was a full event. A spokesperson from each political party (bar National) presented their housing...

BRANZ assessing guide for medium density development

The purpose of this project is to identify and quantify the benefits of medium density housing as a housing option. This could include the lower cost of medium density housing compared with standalone homes, as well as the fact that is often closer to amenities and to...

​What the banks don’t tell you!!

It would be fair to say that what we heard in his 20-minute presentation was nothing short of jaw dropping. In his non-alarmist, often humorous and understated way, he delivered a very frank account of the way financial institutions conduct themselves and gave us an...

Te Matapihi calls for Māori housing finance reform

Thursday, 21 September 2017, 10:07 am Press Release: Te Matapihi Advocate calls for Māori housing finance reform 21 September 2017 – In a statement made last Sunday 17 September, Māori Party co-leader Marama Fox promoted the party’s Iwibank policy, which will...