With a full audience of 184 people at CHA's annual conference held today in Wellington at Te Wharewaka ki Poneke, the Minister of Social Housing, Paula Bennett, discussed the Government's support of the community housing sector. Here is the speech.
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...
The latest Household Economic Survey (Income) shows average annual household income rose 9.1 percent in the two years to June 2014, from $81,227 to $88,579. In the same period, average household weekly spending on housing costs rose 11.1 percent, from $256 to $284....
Major themes include placemaking, community economic development, diverse communities and re-claiming democracy, with quality assured papers, poster presentations and practical skills workshops. Peter Jeffries, CEO CORT Community Housing, will be hosting a workshop on...
We asked for clarification on what the individual organisations could expect in terms of reviews of their charitable status. We expressed significant frustration in the sector- that you have little time or resource to respond to a review, the lack of clear criteria on...
Briefing to Incoming Ministers – MSD has released their briefing at the following link: http://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/corporate/briefing-incoming-minister/2014/index.html
The publications are available at the following link: http://www.hnzc.co.nz/our-publications The Statement of Performance Expectations, originally due in July/August; does not appear to predict any significant impact in the current financial year (to June 2015) of...
Beacon treats these ‘fact banks’ as a living document – they accept comments, corrections… and are very happy for you to be part of that process! Please contact Vicki Cowan at [email protected] with any comments. Beacon’s Performance of Rental...
How do we ensure we’re making great places? Urban development expert Kobus Mentz addresses the topic in an in-depth master class putting green buildings in their wider context, and considering real-world economic conditions. Kobus covers city-wide strategies, mixed...
As the government moves to sell off more than twenty thousand state houses, many church groups and Iwi say they are keen to take them on. But they want the properties at a discount and they don’t want to lumped with the dumps. Radio New Zealand’s Housing...