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Short-sighted’: Govt looks to developers to ramp up social housing – angering non-profit groups

Jan 30, 2019 | News

Developers are signing up to build social housing for the Government in a move described as a "disaster" because it will take funding away from non-profit groups and could allow the houses to be sold off in future for windfall profits. One developer has already been...

New Housing Developments Proving Attractive to First Buyers

Jan 29, 2019 | News

Hutt City Council-owned property company Urban Plus Limited (is experiencing high demand for its new developments with one sold out, over half of another under contract and a 27 dwelling development in the planning stage already receiving enquiries. Bringing new...

Former KiwiBuild boss Stephen Barclay: ‘They’ve gone back to 300, I don’t know how’

Jan 29, 2019 | News

Stephen Barclay says his team was on target to meet the 1000 house goal while he was in charge. Cabinet ministers are meeting for the first time this year with the KiwiBuild programme high on the agenda. The flagship scheme has dogged the government in recent weeks...

Insulation boost means more warm dry homes

Jan 29, 2019 | News

Community organisations have contributed $4.7 million to the programme, further reducing insulation costs to home owners. “The Government has allocated funding of $142.5 million over four years for grants covering two-thirds of the cost of ceiling and underfloor...

Kaikoura homeless sent 260km away as housing units sit empty

Jan 29, 2019 | News

The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) opened the temporary housing village in April last year for those displaced by earthquake damage to their homes. But in the nine months since they opened some units have not had a single occupant. Ngaio Te Ua...

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Decision-making time for homelessness in Lower Hutt

Mar 22, 2019 | News

Several options, one of which will become part of a plan to prevent vulnerable families becoming homeless and improve access to housing for those who are homeless, will be discussed at an extraordinary Policy and Regulatory Committee meeting on Monday 25 March. As...

Everybody needs good neighbours

Mar 22, 2019 | News

Tenants have registered about 50 Neighbours Day events ranging from such things as movie nights to street parties, barbecues, gardening activities, clean ups, sharing a cup of tea and pot luck meals. Community Development Manager Karen Allen says Housing New Zealand...

Rhodes Abbeyfield 14-studio home opens

Mar 22, 2019 | News

A new 14-studio Abbeyfield house providing affordable rental accommodation for older people was formally opened in Christchurch at the weekend. The Rhodes Abbeyfield house in Wigram was developed in partnership by Abbeyfield New Zealand and Christchurch’s Rhodes...

About the New Zealand Housing Foundation by Paul Gilberd

Mar 21, 2019 | News

This article was originally published in The Property Lawyer (Vol 19-3). The Property Lawyer is a member publication of the Property Law Section of the New Zealand Law Society. The Property Law Section has given permission for this article to be republished. Property...

Peter Jeffries: Funding change has hurt non-profit housing

Mar 19, 2019 | News

In 2016, we were the third largest developer of public housing in Auckland after Housing NZ and the Tamaki Regeneration Company. By the end of this year, we will have added over 150 homes to our portfolio. In 2017 we responded to a Government request for forecast...

New community housing for Taumarunui celebrated

Mar 15, 2019 | News

Funding for the project has come from a $2.1m Te Puni Kokiri investment into the Whanau and Community Development Investment programme for Taumarunui and Te Kuiti. This funding will be used by the Taumarunui Community Kokiri Trust to help to repair existing homes and...

Gov backing mooted for big Wellington public housing project

Mar 15, 2019 | News

Subject to public consultation, Housing New Zealand will develop between 230 and 300 homes on the site in Mt Cook, which will include up to 40 supported-living units for Wellington’s most vulnerable homeless people. The proposal will be on the agenda for next week’s...

Costs outweigh benefits for Special Housing Area extension

Mar 14, 2019 | News

The HASHAA legislation was established in 2013 as an interim measure until wider reforms to improve housing affordability took effect. It is set to expire on 16 September. Phil Twyford said that although the law had increased housing supply in some areas, it had not...

Community Housing Providers’ home building flatlines

Mar 14, 2019 | News

Housing numbers for the not-for-profit community housing sector in 2018 show little if any increase over those in 2017. Figurers from Auckland housing network members show a net increase of 57 new housing places including an increase of only 47 new builds. “The...

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