Leonie Freeman, a director of Goodman Property is proposing the establishment of a new non-profit organisation which she launched at Community Housing New Zealand’s Our Place seminar on Wednesday 26 October in Auckland. Her plan would involve every part of the housing...
Yet hundreds of tenants have been evicted from their state homes, after Housing New Zealand detected tiny traces of methamphetamine in them, and are often made to pay tens of thousands of dollars in clean up fees. The ministry has just published new guidelines saying...
Victoria will be joining the current council who are continuing into the 2016/17 year. The council includes Julie Nelson, Warren Jack, Moira Lawler, a representative from Te Matapihi, Garry Moore, Julie Scott, Carrie Mozena and Allan Pollard. Officer positions will be...
Speaking to Corin Dann on Q+A, Mr Orr said the Fund had invested in schools, prisons and other infrastructure already, and wanted to do much more – especially in the area of housing, and even social housing. “That’s one investment game here in New Zealand, and I would...
“Globally, there is an interest in housing – but not as a human right, or an issue requiring urgent attention to assist the most vulnerable groups in cities around the world,” Ms. Farha said at the end of the UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development,...
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While no figure has been confirmed, Paula Bennett says it’s likely to be similar to the 3k Christchurch policy – so people will be given $3000 and moving costs. “We have places in New Zealand where there is employment, where there certainly are empty state...
Steve Evans, Fletcher Building housing chief operating officer said he met the ministers last year to advocate a new shared ownership model. The feedback he got was that there was interest in the scheme. He would not name precisely who talks had been held with, just...
Auckland housing became even more unaffordable over the past year, as house prices rose much more than incomes. More and more people are renting, forced into it. There are many consequences. A small and diminishing pool of people are getting wealthier by buying houses...
Property Council chief executive Connal Townsend says the 14% year-on-year growth in 2015 is a damning indictment of the country’s housing market when compared to other countries. “This is extremely concerning to us. We have a planning system in crisis with excessive...
“Sadly more and more young New Zealanders face the reality of homelessness everyday says Dr Shiloh Groot Co-Chair of the NZCEH. “The homeless population has continued to increase every year and these young people are just another example of it....
Programme highlights include: Future seniors living housing trends in New Zealand: Transformation of investment and operational models Where is the retirement village and aged care industry headed: Trends, opportunities and challenges Four global case study modules...
International students are believed to be the most vulnerable to exploitation in the rental market, with the cost to rent an apartment close to university campuses jumping out of reach for those on limited incomes. The dire situation has been highlighted by a Facebook...
The Christchurch City Mission has been operating a trial homeless shelter for woman for the last three years and has now confirmed the shelter will continue permanently. Shelter director Catherine Williamson has worked in the sector for 30 years and says there had...
Wellington City Councillor Paul Eagle said it was not fair that councils, which provided 11,000 social houses, were not eligible for the subsidies. CHA Director, Scott Figenshow, comments on the creation of a level playing field in the housing sector in a Radio New...
Social housing issues have dominated headlines this year following the Government’s plan to sell off tens of thousands of state houses to non-Government providers, starting with hundreds in Invercargill and Tauranga. However, the plan struck problems with some...