John Key: Auckland property prices increasing “too rapidly”

Apr 21, 2015 | News

“Three or four years ago, you were struggling to sell a house in Auckland,” and now there is a huge demand, Key said. Key said this pattern is not unique to New Zealand. “There are also very high price increases in Sydney and Melbourne. “Things are never...

New social housing units open in Aranui

Apr 20, 2015 | News

The Deputy Mayor was joined by new tenants Valerie Hayes and Codie Smith today in officially opening the eight new one-bedroom units at the Council’s Knightsbridge Lane social housing complex. “Christchurch City Council has a proud history of providing...

CHA/NZCID Joint Work

Apr 16, 2015 | Events

On 15 April, with thanks to our gracious host BECA at their Pitt St, Auckland Auditorium, over 100 gathered for a panel discussion with Andrew Wilson (Accessible Properties), Dominic Foote (NZ Housing Foundation), Rohan Bush (Auckland Council), John Abel-Pattinson...

Purchasing social housing tenancies

Apr 16, 2015 | News

MSD purchases tenancies from Housing New Zealand and registered community housing providers for people on the social housing register. Deputy CE Social Policy Nic Blakeley says the information is intended for providers of social housing, including those looking at...

Social housing demand information released

Apr 16, 2015 | News

“The Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Purchasing Intentions information release is the first of its kind, and marks a milestone in the Government’s Social Housing Reform Programme,” says Mrs Bennett. “Community Housing Providers and Housing New Zealand will be...
AHURI research paper on stock tranfers in Australia

AHURI research paper on stock tranfers in Australia

Apr 15, 2015 | Research

A key point identified is that public housing transfer proposals in Australia have tended to involve only a very limited amount of prior tenant or community consultation, due to short time frames for program implementation and competitive processes for selection of...

Landlords reluctant on insulation scheme

Apr 14, 2015 | News

The Healthy Homes programme makes insulation available for houses that need it most for low or no cost. The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA) said it had reached 36,117 houses nationwide since it started two years ago, but those putting in the...

Lisa Owen interviews Auckland Deputy Mayor Penny Hulse

Apr 13, 2015 | News

“So that we’ve got the levers that Government has around population, around growth and around helping out with some financing of infrastructure, which again will unlock the ability for us to develop other areas” Says REINZ figures showing only 9% of new build consents...