Who is Who in the Zoom?
The housing space can be complicated and seem to have a million moving pieces. This page explains who some of the sectors’ major players are and what they do.
In this section
Government Agencies
How do Aotearoa’s various Ministries, Departments, or Government Entities effect housing?
Non-Government Organisation
How do the many non-government organisations in Aotearoa effect housing?
Government Agencies
Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga / Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD) – MHUD was established in 2017 to bring together services of MSD, MBIE, and the Treasury. MHUD is ‘responsible for strategy, policy, funding, monitoring, and regulation of New Zealand’s housing and urban development system’.
Community Housing Regulatory Authority (CHRA) – when MHUD announced that Community Housing Providers would be able to access the same Income Related Rent Subsidy as was used by Housing New Zealand (now Kāinga Ora), CHRA was established to regulate the providers who would access the subsidy. Community housing organisations who want to access the subsidy must satisfy CHRA’s initial and ongoing operational criteria to be considered a ‘registered community housing provider’. Most registered community housing organisations are members of CHA.
Te Manatū Whakahiato Ora / Ministry of Social Development (MSD) – MSD is responsible for administering the Social Housing Register and organising placements into Kāinga Ora or registered community housing properties. MSD calculates the Income Related Rent Subsidy and the tenant portion of rents for public housing.
Te Hiranga Tangata / Work and Income New Zealand (WINZ) – WINZ administers government services such as the unemployment benefit, the accommodation supplement, and the public housing register. WINZ should be the first point of contact for anyone facing immediate homelessness. Kāinga Ora and registered community housing providers place people with the highest priority on the housing register into homes when appropriate properties become available.
Te Puni Kōkiri / The Ministry of Māori Development – Te Puni Kōkiri has been increasingly involved in the housing space, in particular, the development of Papakāinga across Aotearoa. Te Puni Kōkiri also coordinates with other government agencies to improve Māori housing outcomes, provides technical support to whānau and ropu Māori, and other ongoing housing support services.
Te Manatū Mō Ngā Iwi Ō Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa / Ministry of Pacific Peoples (MPP) – MPP is involved in the housing space through its ‘Pacific Housing Initiative’. The initiative aims to build; financial literacy, the number and capability of Pacific housing providers, more affordable houses, and opportunities for Pacific peoples ‘to create their success outside of metropolitan cities’.
Kāinga Ora / Homes and Communities (KO) – In 2019, Kāinga Ora was established as a Crown entity bringing together functions of Housing New Zealand, KiwiBuild, and the Hobsonville Land Company. KO manages the properties and tenancies of state housing while also overseeing some homeownership programmes such as First Home Grants or KiwiSaver withdrawals. KO is proactively involved in the supply-side of housing, building new state, market, and affordable properties.
Non-Government Organisations (NGOs)
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – CHA provides sector body services and advocacy on behalf of community housing organisations across Aotearoa New Zealand. To learn more about the mahi CHA and our subsidiaries do, go to ‘About CHA’ in the menu above.
Te Matapihi (TMP) – Te Matapihi was formally acknowledged as the sector body for Māori Housing following the 2012 National Māori Housing Conference in Waitangi. Check out Te Matapihi’s website with more information about their mahi.
Community Housing Organisations (CHOs) – Community Housing Organisations are entities working on the ground to deliver affordable housing. Community housing includes long-term rentals, transitional housing, emergency housing and homeownership. For a list of community housing organisations who are CHA members go to CHA Members’ Directory.
Building Better Homes, Towns, and Cities (BBHTC) – BBHTC is one of MBIE’s 11 National Science Challenges which seek to ‘focus science investment on issues that matter to all New Zealanders’. BBHTC focuses on improving ‘the quality and supply of housing, and creating smart and attractive urban environments’.
He Kāinga Oranga (HKO) – HKO is the Healthy Housing research programme of University of Otago, Wellington. HKO ‘examines and clarifies the links between Housing and Health’ through quantitative and qualitative research. HKO is at the leading edge of housing scholarship in Aotearoa.
New Zealand Green Building Council – NZGBC represent and advocate for over 520 organisations and companies ‘who believe in a better built New Zealand’. The NZGBC is one of 70 Green Building Councils across the world.
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Annual Report
2021/22 CHA Annual Report
Strategic Plan
CHA’s 2022-2023 Strategic Workplan
Case Studies
Monte Cecilia Case Study: Mind-shift essential in re-setting New Zealand’s housing system
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Salvation Army Case Study
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CORT – another example of community housing in your community
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Media Releases
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News
Did National really just simply sell off state houses? / The SpinOff
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Right At Home podcast – Episode 5: Using innovation to build a sustainable future for housing with Rohan Bush
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Right At Home podcast – Episode 4: Inclusionary Housing – an affordable housing planning tool
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Right At Home podcast – Episode 3: The Case for Universally Designed Housing with Disability Advocate Erin Gough (transcript included)
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Newsletters
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – Monthly Newsletter 4 April 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) - Monthly Newsletter 4 April 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – Monthly Newsletter 5 March 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – Newsletter 5 March 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – Monthly Newsletter 13 February 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) - Monthly Newsletter 13 February 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) – Monthly Newsletter 15 January 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) Newsletter 15 January 2024
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) Newsletter 12 December 2023
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) Newsletter - 12 December 2023
Submissions
CHA’s Submission on RBNZ DTI & LVR Restrictions
CHA's Submission on the RBNZ's DTI & LVR Restriction
CHA, ACHPN & ATHPN’s Submission to Auckland Council Long-Term Plan 2024-2034
CHA, ACHPN & ATHPN - Submission to Auckland Council Long-Term Plan 2024-2034
CHA’S Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Housing – 2023
CHA'S Briefing to the Incoming Minister of Housing - 2023
CHA’s Submission on Auckland Council Annual Budget 2023-2024
Click here to view the submission.
CHA’s Submission on the Regulation of Methamphetamine Contamination in Residential Housing
CHA drafted a submission on Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development's Regulation of Methamphetamine Contamination in Residential Housing. Our submission reflected the feedback from providers following a webinar on 22/03/23. Read the full...
Legislation
Community Housing Regulatory Authority – Board Minutes Article
Community Housing Regulatory Authority - Board Minutes Article
Residential Tenancy Act (RTA) and Tenancy Management Community of Practice Summary
RTA COP May 2021 summary.pdf
Bright-line test proposed changes
Bright-line test proposed changes.pdf
Interest deductions on residential property income proposed changes
Interest deductions on residential property income proposed changes.pdf
RMA Replacement 10 February 2021 FINAL
RMA Replacement 10 February 2021 FINAL.pdf
Reports
Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Act of 2008
Affordable Housing Enabling Territorial Authorities Act FINAL
Is there a place for affordable housing planning requirements in NZ?
IS THERE A PLACE FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING PLANNNG REQUIREMENTS IN NEW ZEALAND - Final
CHA 2023 Annual Report and Audited Accounts
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Audited CHA Consolidated Performance Report – 30 June 2023
Audited CHA Consolidated Performance Report - 30 June 2023
CHA 2022 Annual Report and Audited Accounts
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Research
Alternative Housing Tenures – The Opportunity for New Zealand: Research Update 7 System Enablers
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Alternative Housing Tenures – The Opportunity for New Zealand: Research Update 6 System Analysis
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Alternative Housing Tenures – The Opportunity for New Zealand: Research Update 5 Māori Experience
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Alternative Housing Tenures – The Opportunity for New Zealand: Research Update 4 Enablers and Barriers for Affordable Housing
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Alternative Housing Tenures – The Opportunity for New Zealand: Research Update 3 Renter Housing and Unmet Need
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