Dwell Housing Trust opportunity
Our current director Alison Cadman is taking a six-month sabbatical from July 2015 to December 2015 and we need someone to undertake this role for this time. If you would be interested in leading and managing a dynamic, growing community housing organisation based in...Transitional, Emergency is Welcome News
“The government is recognising the housing pressures that exist in Christchurch. Rents have increased 47% following the earthquakes and intervention through increasing the supply of housing, including emergency, transitional housing, is an immediate and ongoing...Tenant fear state housing sales will harm vulnerable people
State house tenants have told the Finance Minister, Bill English, they fear the Government’s plans to sell state homes will result in vulnerable people forced out of their homes. Listen to the story from Radio New Zealand’s Morning Report here.NZ’s most expensive state house sold to local iwi
Ngati Whatua Whai Rawa – the iwi’s commercial arm – is buying more than $9 million of state housing including 38 Takitimu St, in the Auckland suburb of Orakei, which has a rateable valuation of $2.35 million. Chief executive Rob Hutchison said it was...
March 12, 2015 Newsletter
March 12, 2015 Newsletter
Kete Kupu Issue 34 – SOCIAL HOUSING SPECIAL
‘We hope to have more social housing but we still don’t know how’ could be a fair summary of recent announcements about the Government’s intentions for social housing. NZCCSS believes that we need a clear public commitment from the Government to ensure there are...Mob street makeover brings buyers
A street that was once notorious as a Mongrel Mob stronghold is now turning into a middle-class dream. Farmer Cres in Taita, Lower Hutt, and its surrounding area, was once known for all the wrong reasons. In early 2009, Mob members were accused of terrorising a single...Member Profile: Beacon Pathway
It uses demonstration projects, robust research and a collaborative approach to stimulate and drive change. Beacon has a great track record in demonstration projects; for example, a pilot project in Christchurch to show that damaged houses can and should have...