Number of housing consents doubled but is it enough?

Number of housing consents doubled but is it enough?

The highest number on record was in the June 1974 year, when 13 new homes were consented for every thousand residents (compared with an average of nine for the decade). In the year ended June 2016, the regions that consented the most new homes per thousand residents...

The housing challenge – what is Government saying today?

Nick Smith has written to four developers since mid-2015 saying he is keen to see progress in Special Housing Areas and strongly encourages them to contact the Auckland Council with an update. Denies that’s giving land bankers a free pass. “The people who promise they...
Number of housing consents doubled but is it enough?

Severe housing deprivation in Aotearoa/New Zealand 2001-2013

“In 2013, more than half (52 per cent) of homeless adults were working, studying, or both, up from 49 per cent in 2006,” Dr Amore says.Read the press release here. The key findings in this research show: ·The severely housing deprived or ‘homeless’...