Forgiving Housing Innovation Fund Suspensory Loans and Grants

Feb 12, 2015 | News

Did you know that Housing New Zealand Corporation is able, on a case by case basis, to: forgive suspensory loans and conditional grants by amending terms and conditions of the suspensory loans and conditional grants issued under the Housing Innovation Fund; and reduce...
AHURI Research Paper on Stock Transfers in Australia

AHURI Research Paper on Stock Transfers in Australia

Feb 12, 2015 | Research

See more at: http://www.ahuri.edu.au/ – here. A key point identified is that public housing transfer proposals in Australia have tended to involve only a very limited amount of prior tenant or community consultation, due to short time frames for program...

Core Values Awards Information and Networking Evening

Feb 12, 2015 | Events

Each year IAP2 offers awards to those who are truly leading the practice in community and stakeholder engagement. The 2015 Australasia Awards will be launched in late February, and we invite you to join us on Thursday 12 February for a Core Values Information and...

Auckland Council doing all it can on housing

Feb 12, 2015 | News

The Deputy Mayor of Auckland, Penny Hulse, spoke today in response to the Salvation Army’s 2015 State of the Nation report, which found that a lack of safe, affordable housing in Auckland and Christchurch is badly impacting the health and well-being of children and...

CORT Mt Wellington Development complete

Feb 11, 2015 | News

The Prime Minister Rt Hon John Key and Minister of Social Housing Hon Paula Bennett opened CORT’s newest community housing development in Auckland on 29 January 2015. These new homes are for people on low incomes, including those who are elderly and those who...

On the House

Feb 10, 2015 | News

Ask Chris Moller about the potential for prefabrication to change the way we build our houses and he cites a cartoon. Drawn by the American neo-futurist architect Buckminster Fuller in the 1950s, it depicts a car being constructed on a suburban front lawn. “Of course,...

Govt must aid state home sales: Salvation Army

Feb 9, 2015 | News

A charity tagged as a likely buyer of state houses says it is reviewing its involvement unless it can get either more capital from the Government or a very low price for the houses. Salvation Army social policy director Major Campbell Roberts says the army has brought...

More Special Housing Areas brings total to 100

Feb 9, 2015 | News

“These 12 new Special Housing Areas will enable 2000 additional homes to be fast-tracked and will help address the supply and affordability issues in Auckland and the Bay of Plenty. These additional SHAs bring the nationwide total to 100, with a capacity for 47,000...