TOP Leader Geoff Simmons calls for Housing NZ to be replaced by regional ‘associations’ tasked with providing both affordable and state housing
Cartoon of Phil Twyford by Jacky Carpenter By Geoff Simmons* There’s been discussion lately about the Labour Government slipping through a loophole in its self-imposed debt target. Rather than borrow $2.9 billion itself to build new state homes, it’s instructed...Concerns raised over Auckland Council’s first homelessness count on September 17
CHRIS HARROWELL Auckland’s homeless population will soon be officially tallied for the first time, but some people who feed and support the city’s rough sleepers aren’t on board with the project. A count of people living on the streets or in vehicles...Report: House prices will push 200k families out of the cities
A new report from the Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment shows for much of the population the housing crisis has been building for more than a decade. Community House Aotearoa chief executive Scott Figenshow told Mike Hosking it’s been a long...