Seminar: Housing matters for health

Mar 27, 2015 | Events

Time: Wednesday 15 April 2015, noon-1 pm, Place: Nordmeyer Lecture Theatre, Level D, University of Otago Wellington, 23a Mein Street, Newtown. Philippa Howden-Chapman spearheads the internationally acclaimed research team that has for more than a decade drawn...

Summary of Networking Event with Hon Paula Bennett

Mar 27, 2015 | Events

Approximately 60 people from the sector attended the event and listened to the Minister share her insights on the Social Housing Reform programme and reflect on her time as Social Housing Minister. The Minister said she believes there is a place for CHOs to be bigger...
Emergency Housing Funding Review

Emergency Housing Funding Review

Mar 27, 2015 | Submissions

More information about the review and a link to the survey is available at the following link here. The survey is open until Friday 1 May. MSD is keen to hear from as wide a range of providers as possible so would greatly welcome your participation in this survey and...

Update on taxation issues

Mar 26, 2015 | News

Part of the solution officials arrived at for addressing the potential tax liabilities faced by community housing providers, in the wake of the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust decision and the new income tax exemption of “Community Housing Entities”, was for...

$500,000 boost for emergency housing providers

Mar 26, 2015 | News

“In January the Prime Minister announced Government plans to support the emergency housing sector with a $500,000 cash injection alongside a wider review of funding, as part of our Social Housing Reforms,” says Mrs Bennett. Today’s announcement sees additional...

State house sale plan ‘sugar coated’

Mar 25, 2015 | News

Labour says the Government has used the Salvation Army’s good name to reassure the public that houses will be sold to charities, when in it actually plans to sell them to private companies. The Salvation Army has decided not to buy state houses due to a lack of...

New social housing builds under way

Mar 25, 2015 | News

The Council today marked a ground-breaking ceremony with tenants at its Berwick Courts housing complex in St Albans, where three new units are being built. A total of 25 new units are scheduled to open between October and December this year across three of the...