New homes for Auckland families in need

Apr 29, 2019 | News

“These 18 two-bedroom and five four-bedroom warm, dry homes on Chippendale Crescent have been designed to meet the needs of families in the area,” Phil Twyford. “They are close to a number of schools, the Beach Haven ferry to Auckland CBD, and are 4km from the...

Major affordable housing project in the pipeline for Arrowtown

Apr 29, 2019 | News

Last Thursday the Queenstown Lakes District Council approved a 3.6ha site on Jopp Street to be assigned to the Trust to build 65 homes for a mixed tenure development. The land has been earmarked for housing since 2003, when the local community identified the site as...

Kiwi leaders stepping up to sleep rough

Apr 18, 2019 | News

Influential leaders from business and community are signing up to “sleep rough” at The Lifewise Big Sleepout on one of the coldest, longest nights of winter – Thursday 20th June, 2019. The event will see business and community leaders and entrepreneurs coming together...

Government wipes debt for HNZ meth testing tenants

Apr 17, 2019 | News

“This is one more way we can right things for people who needed emergency housing and other MSD support after their Housing NZ tenancies ended because of erroneous meth contamination policies,” Social Development Minister Carmel Sepuloni says. “The Government has...

​ Govt will not implement a Capital Gains Tax

Apr 17, 2019 | News

“The Tax Working Group gave the Government, and the country, an opportunity to look at the fairness of our tax system and debate options for change,” Jacinda Ardern said. “All parties in the Government entered into this debate with different perspectives and, after...

​The Shift Aotearoa: Collaborative Action For NZ Housing

Apr 15, 2019 | News

The Shift Aotearoa is a three-day conference that will take place from 5-7 June 2019 at Te Papa in Wellington. It is designed to shift momentum towards a well-functioning housing system – one where every New Zealander is well-housed. Led by the latest research...

Government and industry sign Construction Sector Accord

Apr 15, 2019 | News

Government commitments • Better procurement practices and improved pipeline management • Improved building regulatory systems and consenting processes Industry commitments • Enhanced industry leadership, collaboration and organisation • Better business performance •...

​New approach for rent measurement a world first

Apr 15, 2019 | News

The consumers price index (CPI) for the June 2019 quarter (to be released on 16 July) will be the first in the world to use administrative rent data in this way to construct the CPI. The new method for measuring rent prices arose from a collaboration with Ministry of...

​Housing project changing lives in Porirua East

Apr 15, 2019 | News

“There’s been a lot of talk for a long time around retrofitting and warm homes, but we wanted to better direct our resources to improve the lives of families dealing with sickness in cold homes,” says Hutt Mana Charitable Trust Chair John Gwilliam. The Trust already...