Trust House rent rises start to bite
The Times-Age has seen letters to a tenant in a 100sq m house putting the rent up by $15 a week in April last year and $20 a week from March this year to $288 a week. “It’s blimmen shocking, a lot are struggling and it’s going to be soon a lot out on...The KiwiBuild failure should galvanise urgent action on NZ’s housing disaster
When a nation’s flagship housing policy is such a spectacular failure that it makes the New York Times, the minister in charge cannot avoid the international embarrassment. This is the position Housing Minister Phil Twyford now finds himself in. Having arrogantly...Trust House: We can solve the housing crisis
Trust House boss Allan Pollard said Trust House would borrow $15m to $17m for the plan that could solve the housing crisis in the region. He is disappointed nothing has happened over “months and months” of talks and that the Government is looking at “lining the...Mayor intervenes in family housing crisis
Kāpiti Coast District Mayor K Gurunathan has asked Council staff to do everything in their power to avoid the large family in Paraparaumu from being forced out of their Council-owned home with no-where to go. “This is a very unfortunate situation where the government...Govt must keep nerve if housing reforms to succeed
That’s the advice from New Zealand’s largest sharebroking firm, First NZ Capital, in a note to clients on the political and practical challenges the government faces as it starts 2019 on the backfoot over slow progress on its flagship KiwiBuild affordable...New state houses for the elderly in Whangarei
The one-bedroom homes on Maunu Road, in the suburb of Woodhill, are less than 500 metres from Whangarei Hospital, and have been designed for those with current or future mobility needs. “Housing NZ is building not just for today, but for future generations. That means...Green building expert joins healthy homes tech start-up
“Until now, we’ve never actually never been able to verify that the green buildings we construct can actually do what we say they do.” – Rochelle Payne Leading New Zealand green buildings expert Rochelle Payne (Ade) has taken an equity share in healthy homes...