Speech to the National Maori Housing Conference

E nga mana, e nga reo, e te iwi o te motu, tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou katoa. Introduction – Community Housing Sector Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you today. I would like to acknowledge: mana whenua – Ngā Potiki Tauranga Moana Tauranga Tangata...

Monte Cecilia – housing homeless families in Auckland

Originally based in Hillsborough they are now at the centre of Counties Manukau where 110,000 people live in overcrowded housing situations and garages and cars are commonly used as housing options while Auckland rents soar. Increasingly, Monte Cecilia are finding...

Housing older people actually want

Her findings are part of Find the Best Fit, a Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) three-year research programme exploring older people’s desire and capacity to downsize. Go here to read this article in a recent edition of Property...

Salvation Army seek a Director – social housing

They are looking for someone to: lead the newly created social housing programme provide a strategic and operational focus will be based in Wellington The position closes on 16 October. Go here for more information.

Community Housing Aotearoa AGM 26 October – Auckland

Here is the CHA annual report 2016.pdf Nominations for the one position on the CHA Council have closed. We have four nominations, these are: Bernardette Pinnell (Compass Housing New Zealand) view pdf Bernie Smith (Monte Cecilia Housing Trust) view pdf Neil Porteous...
Housing supply data survey – update

Housing supply data survey – update

These responses yielded some exciting results. The 20 community housing organisations who responded provided information on 2,225 homes across New Zealand with an occupancy rate of 98%. We observed great diversity in the types of housing being provided by the sector:...

New funding for emergency housing in Auckland

James Liston Hostel will use the funds to increase capacity by five new beds to a total of 40 beds, allow for the provision of specialised rapid intake rooms, additional meeting and activity rooms and much needed renovations to the building itself. Alongside a new...

More emergency housing for Salvation Army

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett announced last week that Budget 2016 funding, directly targeted at emergency housing, has so far resulted in 30 organisations providing 3032 new and existing emergency places. “I am delighted that the Salvation Army has certainty...