​Community housing project at former Wesleyhaven Village

Dec 13, 2018 | News

Wesley Community Action is delighted to announce that it has signed an agreement with Masterton prefabricated home provider EasyBuild to build 25 affordable rental homes at the former Wesleyhaven Village in Naenae. The homes will be made available to applicants on the...

​New Māori housing initiative for Papakura

Dec 13, 2018 | News

“We want every New Zealander and their families to have a warm, dry home in a safe and healthy community,” Jacinda Ardern says. “Today we are making an initial investment of $1 million to support Papakura Marae’s Papakāinga Plan that will support this community to...

$5 million funding for City Mission one step closer

Dec 13, 2018 | News

The Mayor’s Annual Budget proposal includes the following key items: • Record capital investment of over $2.5 billion, including the largest ever transport investment of $1.2 billion • Progressing the water quality improvement programme to clean up our beaches and...

Letting fees shown the door from today

Dec 13, 2018 | News

“Our Government is making life better for renters. Now tenants won’t have to worry about letting fees during the busy summer rental season when so many are looking for new homes. “This will make a real difference to struggling families. There are significant costs...

Completed Waimahia housing development celebrated

Dec 10, 2018 | News

“This $112 million Waimahia housing development is a wonderful success story and a huge credit to the community housing sector and iwi partners. It has delivered 295 genuinely affordable homes for modest and lower income families in a beautiful new coastal...

Q+A: Housing Minister Phil Twyford interviewed by Corin Dann

Dec 10, 2018 | News

Phil Twyford told the Q+A programme that while he knows that CEO Stephen Barclay is not at work, he won’t comment on the issue further than that. He says it’s a matter relating to an individual public servant and it wouldn’t be right for him as the Minister to comment...

Why this year’s Christmas is different for City Mission

Dec 10, 2018 | Uncategorised

The Mission is currently meeting the needs of homeless and vulnerable Aucklanders out of our temporary home in Union St in the CBD while construction work gets under way for HomeGround, our transformational new facility at our Hobson Street site. Auckland City...

​Chatbot to help renters released today

Dec 10, 2018 | News

“Rentbot” makes information about tenancy law more accessible to the over 2.9 million people in New Zealand who use Facebook. Rentbot is a free digital assistant to answer questions about renting, and the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords. It can be...

Wellington to expand affordable apartment model

Dec 7, 2018 | News

Earlier this year, the Council entered a 15-year agreement with a local property development company to convert the former Freemason House on Willis Street, into 35 apartments, called Te Kāinga Aroha. Council will lease the quality one-, two- and three-bedroom...