Drawing the line – how many state houses do we need?
Drawing the line – how many state houses do we need? Alan argues the underlying motive for Government to reduce dependence on housing, by moving people along the continuum, ignores the housing reality for many. He points to overseas studies of future demand for social...Hamilton City Council win community engagement award for its central city safety plan
Read more here in this press release. And read more about the People’s Project here.The People’s Project Housing First is the belief that all people deserve to be housed – FINAL 250516.pdfSocial housing tenants have new homes in Glen Innes
Tenants of one of the homes: Tami, Todd, Zach and Andrew The homes include a mixture of one and two bedroom properties, three of which are wheel chair accessible featuring wide hallways and fully accessible bathrooms. “These homes are great examples of the kinds of...Government could fill gap on housing tender
“In the end, the Government needs to provide social housing,” Key said. “If we can’t get them in one way, we’ll get them in another. There are a variety of other ways that we can fill that through Housing NZ.” Housing NZ said last...1000 social homes report falls well short of mark
This year’s Budget documents show that the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) expects to contract for only 175 new homes from community providers in the financial year that started on July 1. Community Housing Aotearoa director Scott Figenshow said the...Employment New Zealand website updated
The aim of the new website is to positively influence the relationships between employers and employees, and to promote safe, fair and harmonious workplaces. The website provides practical and operational information on the 14 pieces of legislation that relate to...Work and Income referring tenants to illegal rentals
Auckland Council has confirmed that several of the garages rented out by so-called property manager Debbie Iskandar do not have the necessary building consents or permits for people to live in and are, therefore, illegal conversions. Tenants have told Newshub that...
July 21, 2016 CHA newsletter
Read the newsletter here: July 21 2016 CHA newsletter.pdf