New emergency housing in Otahuhu, Auckland opens

The Monte Cecilia team at opening – Dennis, Cecilia, and Bernie The site will ultimately comprise 43 two, three and four-bedroom houses, next to schools and with an on-site playground. The homes will accommodate families for between 12 and 24 weeks and are well...

Review of the Social Housing Reform Programme released

CHA agrees that significant progress is being made in the delivery of both Emergency Housing, Housing First and Social Housing components, however further progress needs to be made on delivering affordable housing. As the report makes clear, we need a plan that...

MBIE’s student renters campaign

The aim is to inform students of their rights and responsibilities. They want students to know to look for an insulation statement when they sign up for new tenancy agreements and to check their flats for working smoke alarms. The media resources include street...

Figures show Wellington is 3590 homes short of what it needs

Turning that around will be no easy task. A report that will be tabled at a council meeting this week predicts Wellington will need to build another 21,000 dwellings by 2043. The number of people in Wellington currently on the waiting list for social housing is 303....

Housing First in Auckland

Dr. Sam Tsemberis is considered to be the ‘Father of Housing First’ and we are fortunate to have him conduct this workshop. Dr. Sam Tsemberis founded Pathways to Housing in New York in 1992 based on the belief that housing is a human right. At Pathways, Dr. Tsemberis...

Wellington to build 750 new housing units

It is a part of the city’s housing upgrade programme, set up in December, to tackle a housing shortage in the capital. The first units are already going up on a site in the central suburb of Mt Cook. Mayor Justin Lester said the scheme aimed to avoid a housing...

High cost of emergency housing special needs grant

Go here to see the figures Newshub interviewed Prime Minister, Bill English on the budget blow out here. Community Housing Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow commented to Radio New Zealand that there was a lack of information about the demand for emergency...