Christchurch homeless women’s shelter confirmed

Jan 12, 2016 | News

The Christchurch City Mission has been operating a trial homeless shelter for woman for the last three years and has now confirmed the shelter will continue permanently. Shelter director Catherine Williamson has worked in the sector for 30 years and says there had...

IRRS too expensive to extend to local authority housing

Jan 12, 2016 | News

Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle said it was not fair that councils, which provided 11,000 social houses, were not eligible for the subsidies. CHA Director, Scott Figenshow, comments on the creation of a level playing field in the housing sector in a Radio New...

Outspoken on social housing

Jan 12, 2016 | News

Social housing issues have dominated headlines this year following the Government’s plan to sell off tens of thousands of state houses to non-Government providers, starting with hundreds in Invercargill and Tauranga. However, the plan struck problems with some...
Research on housing WOF for Wellington and Dunedin

Research on housing WOF for Wellington and Dunedin

Jan 11, 2016 | Research

He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme based at the University of Otago, Wellington, has been funded by the Health Research Council of New Zealand to study the effects of introducing a rental housing WoF. A rental WoF would require basic standards for...

Auckland council announce partnership for housing older people

Jan 11, 2016 | News

The Council’s brief was to find a community housing partner that could work alongside council to secure long term social housing for Auckland’s older people. The Selwyn Foundation has been providing services for vulnerable elderly people since 1954. Chief...

Visionwest open new houses

Dec 16, 2015 | News

The 30-bedroom development cost $4.3 million and included $2 million in funding from the Government’s social housing unit fund. Last week the Government announced that it would partner with five community organisations to increase the number of social housing...

Paula Bennett talks about paying incentives

Dec 15, 2015 | News

The Government has a long-term plan of introducing “milestone payments” for non-government providers which improved the social outcomes of their tenants. CHA director Scott Figenshow said he was sceptical about the proposed policy. He said the costs of...

More affordable housing for Christchurch

Dec 15, 2015 | News

The $12 million Hornby Project is a collaborative partnership between the Government, the Christchurch City Council, the New Zealand Housing Foundation, Abbeyfield, Housing Plus Charitable Trust, the Salvation Army and the Christchurch Methodist Mission. The 44-home...

Auckland Council pensioner housing

Dec 15, 2015 | News

A member of Auckland Council’s seniors advisory panel, Richard Northey, said seven providers submitted bids to manage the Auckland flats: British-owned Pinnacle Group and Bupa Care Services; Australian-owned Horizon Housing and Compass Housing; and NZ-owned...

Accessible Properties sign deal with Hamilton City Council

Dec 14, 2015 | News

The 344 homes are currently tenanted to people in their retirement – this proposal means tenants will be able to remain in their homes. Accessible Properties General Manager Andrew Wilson says, “We have a long history of supporting people who need good quality housing...