Auckland Housing Accord ‘dismal failure’ on affordability

Oct 10, 2017 | News

In a report from Radio NZ’s Todd Niall the chair of Auckland Council planning committee, councillor Chris Darby, has called the Accord a “dismal failure” in addressing affordability. Mt Roskill Photo: Auckland Council The Housing Accord ran for three years...

​Phil Goff’s first year

Oct 9, 2017 | News

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...

​Emergency housing for Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou

Oct 9, 2017 | News

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...

Housing supply survey update

Oct 5, 2017 | News

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...

Rotorua Lakes Council seeking expressions of interest for pensioner housing

Oct 5, 2017 | News

Council currently manages 152 pensioner units located across five Rotorua sites. Council is keen to identify models of operating the pensioner housing asset through a registered community housing provider (CHP). Their objectives include: · to ensure a financially...

Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network

Oct 5, 2017 | Reports & Articles

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...

De Paul House see more working families in their emergency housing

Oct 4, 2017 | Member profiles

In this article from North Shore Times De Paul house housing co-ordinator Lesley Farmer said the statistic pointed to a new “working poor” trend in Auckland city, even in the relatively affluent North Shore. “Our families are not on drugs, they are...

Meet the people in community housing – Brook Turner from Vision West

Oct 3, 2017 | Member profiles

“Vision West has a range of housing services that support people in the community in different ways. This includes 50 long-term social houses. They also run six emergency houses supporting up to 24 families a year. Our Housing First service aims to house 112 families...

How Finland ended homelessness

Oct 3, 2017 | News

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

Oct 3, 2017 | News

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...