Moving to results-based contracts with community investment

Oct 13, 2016 | News

The programme is a co-design approach to support the Ministry’s Community Investment Strategy. Over the next nine months, Ākina and MSD will team up with a number of providers and Community Investment Advisors, to work together to develop new results-based contracting...

Squeezed out of Auckland’s housing market

Oct 11, 2016 | News

The report tracks how long it would take typical first home buyers in each region to save a 20% deposit on the REINZ’s lower quartile selling price in their region. The income calculations assume both partners work full time and earn the median weekly wage for...

Cross-party Inquiry into Homelessness releases report

Oct 10, 2016 | News

The Inquiry heard repeatedly from organisations and others that they were stressed and unable to cope with the level of homelessness they were facing. Wellington social worker Jude Douglas said the experience of working with the homeless is “like a medic in a war zone...

Wellington housing market now rising faster than Auckland

Oct 4, 2016 | Uncategorised

The Auckland market has increased 15.0% year on year and 5.8% over the past three months. Values there are now 88.7% higher than the previous peak of 2007. When adjusted for inflation values rose 14.5% over the past year and are 60.2% above the 2007 peak. The average...

Speech to the National Maori Housing Conference

Oct 1, 2016 | News

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...

Community Housing Aotearoa AGM 26 October – Auckland

Sep 27, 2016 | Events

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...