New figures from Statistics New Zealand have revealed that 78 per cent of those currently renting - or 458,000 households - have a net worth of $120,000 or less which means they cannot afford the 20 per cent deposit on the average New Zealand home required under the...
Geoff Simmons of the Morgan Foundation looks into the current housing situation in Queenstown and finds a large rate of ghost houses and a housing situation close to Auckland’s crisis. Geoff reports that on the last census night in Queenstown, 40% of houses were...
The Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, says the $750 million project will transform the existing 300 properties into about 1200 warmer, drier and healthier homes with a better mix of size and type. “The number of HNZ homes will increase from...
Partner Simon Berry says that “we can draw lessons from Canada, where the Government has taken the responsible step of committing funds and resource to investigating the impact of foreign investors on the housing market.” As a response to burgeoning house prices in...
“The Government has approved an application by Counties Manukau DHB to release vacant land at the Manukau SuperClinic Browns Road site,” says Dr Coleman. “It makes sense for DHBs to sell land they don’t need for future use as it allows them to reinvest the proceeds...
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Bennett commented to media at the CHA Conference today that the Government was considering a stand-down period for those who rejected state houses without good reason. She said officials had told her over 400 people turned down properties in the last year for...
The agreement between the Tauranga Moana & Te Puke Housing Consortium and the Masterton Trust House Community Enterprise is the first of its kind in New Zealand and comes at a time before the start of social housing transfers in Invercargill and Tauranga. Read...
Read comments here from CHA Director-Scott Figenshow, among others, following a social services select committee on the Social Housing Reform (Transaction Mandate) Bill.
The meeting of 160 delegates from Government, local government, community housing organisations, commercial partners and tenant groups will happen at the Community Housing Aotearoa-Impact conference running from October 21 to 23. Read our press release here.
He Korowai Trust and twelve Habitat for Humanity charities are the most recent to have their status confirmed by the independent Charities Registration Board. Charities Services has closed its reviews into these charities’ housing activities.Read more here.
The modern one-bedroom units were officially opened on 9 October at the Council’s HP Smith Courts housing complex.They are part of a number of new Council units being built to help replace the 113 lost to the residential red zone following the earthquakes. A...
Beca were the host of the Auckland Affordable Housing Development Guide launch on Monday 5 October. Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse launched the guide to the audience of 120 and discussed the importance of managing growth that works for and reflects our diverse...