Building a model for alternative procurement
This is a two-stage project. The first stage report: ‘Structuring Options’ is available here: CHA Structuring Options (FINAL).pdf The survey of the seven organisations on the CHA Council were thought to represent a range of providers due to being: small or...Newshub reports on Auckland garages being rented out
The Tribunal has given the agent until August to provide evidence Auckland Council has approved the garage for residential use. “…;if there is no Council approval for the sleep-out to be used for residential purposes, then no rent may be claimed for its...
AA home insurance survey has some interesting findings
“Landlords will be reassured to find there’s a gap between what they’re most concerned about, and the types of claims we see most often; accidents that can happen in any home,” says Amelia Macandrew, Customer Relations Manager at AA Insurance. “However, while...Deborah Hill Cone asks why renters aren’t rising up?
Go here to see this post.Public invited to have say on homelessness
Labour’s Housing spokesperson Phil Twyford says many New Zealanders are shocked and saddened by the number of families being forced to live in cars and garages this winter. “We want to hear from those families and the agencies working with them about the best ways to...CHA welcomes fast-tracking of funding for emergency housing
CHA, which represents community housing providers throughout New Zealand, is responding to the Government’s quick delivery of funding to respond to growing needs for emergency housing. The process allows for a fast-track approval of $1.9 million to support 17 current...Labour’s plan to tackle housing crisis
Labour’s plan has three main elements: • An Affordable Housing Authority that will cut through red tape to deliver large-scale master-planned communities • 100,000 new affordable homes for first home buyers, with 50% in Auckland • A tax on speculators by extending the...