MBIE’s new tenancy investigators target Dunedin student flats

“We take breaches of residential tenancy law seriously, and are working to crack down on poor landlord behaviour across New Zealand,” says Paul Coggan, Manager of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s new Tenancy Compliance and Investigations Team....

Housing NZ ramping up build programme

Housing New Zealand’s Asset Development Group has lodged the consents to build 1297 new houses, which will have the potential to accommodate more than 3200 people in 20 suburbs across the city. The Minister Responsible for Housing New Zealand, Bill English, says the...

Social Investment in Community Housing

Presentations from the day are here: Scott Figenshow.pdf Alastair Rhodes.pdf John Abel Pattinson.pdf Julie Scott Powerpoint.pdf Linda Meade.pdf Roy Thompson and Paul Gilberd.pdf Radio New Zealand reported as follows on this event: Housing providers say hundreds of...

Our Place feedback

Members can log in and provide feedback below, other stakeholders can email your feedback to [email protected]. You can find the plan here: Our Place October 2016 final.pdf and more detail on the actions here. Please think about these areas to provide...

26 October: Community Housing Aotearoa annual sector seminar

This is an opportunity to learn more about and provide your thoughts on the actions and measures in the updated Our Place 2016 plan to see all New Zealanders well-housed. Joining us will be economist Shamubeel Eaqub, New Zealand Council for Infrastructure Developments...

Wellington Mayor to establish Housing Task Force

“Planning for that sustained growth and ensuring it is inclusive of all sectors of the community is vital to retain our status as a world-class liveable city. “This is one lesson we can learn from Auckland’s experience. “I will be inviting key representatives from...
The state of the housing market in New Zealand – trends, policies tried to date and their effectiveness

September 2016 quarterly social housing register

The register provides information on: the number of people on the register and comparison to September 2015 how many people are Priority A or B the most common type of application, eg single adult the most common age group and ethnicity of people applying the number...