Social housing tenants have new homes in Glen Innes

Jul 27, 2016 | News

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

Jul 26, 2016 | News

“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

Jul 25, 2016 | News

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

Jul 25, 2016 | News

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

Jul 21, 2016 | News

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...
​It’s renters versus the rest

​It’s renters versus the rest

Jul 21, 2016 | Research

The survey of 1450 respondents, conducted by research company Buzz Channel, is the third undertaken by HRV to gain an insight into issues facing New Zealanders in their homes.Charles Crothers, Professor of Sociology at AUT, says a major issue highlighted in the survey...
New Zealand housing and the United Nations sustainable development goals

Building a model for alternative procurement

Jul 20, 2016 | Reports & Articles

This is a two-stage project. The first stage report: ‘Structuring Options’ is available here: CHA Structuring Options (FINAL).pdf The survey of the seven organisations on the CHA Council were thought to represent a range of providers due to being: small or...

Newshub reports on Auckland garages being rented out

Jul 20, 2016 | News

The Tribunal has given the agent until August to provide evidence Auckland Council has approved the garage for residential use. “…;if there is no Council approval for the sleep-out to be used for residential purposes, then no rent may be claimed for its...