Community Housing Aotearoa

At the recent 2017 CHA Impact Conference members of the opening plenary panel each supported All New Zealanders well housed as a fundamental right. Yet there are a number of barriers, they say, to achieving this.Discussing all New Zealanders well housed were: Girol Karacaoglu, Head of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington; Hurimoana Nui Dennis from Te Puea Marae in South Auckland, and David Rutherford, New Zealand Human Rights Commissioner.

Penina Health is the first Pacific provider under the Government's social housing reform programme to be working in this area. The hope to support up to 84 families a year.

Auckland Council’s Planning Committee on 1 August 2017 received a review on the Auckland Housing Accord and requested a review of all Special Housing Areas to ascertain the number of affordable homes provided.The Auckland Housing Accord was intended to increase housing supply, including the increased availability of land, as well as improve housing affordability, until the Auckland Unitary Plan became operative in September 2016.

Innovative solutions designed to alleviate the affordable housing challenge in the Queenstown Lakes District are being honed by the QLDC Housing Taskforce.

The substandard condition of New Zealand’s rental accommodation has renters and landlords divided in a new survey.

One of Auckland's leading property developers wants an end to tax breaks on investment housing, and has detailed the largest single philanthropic plan yet to build social housing.

More social housing is on its way across Greater Christchurch as the Government invests more for those in need, Social Housing and Housing New Zealand Minister Amy Adams has announced.

We are very pleased to learn of the clarity and strength shaping the housing team at the Ministry of Social Development under the leadership of Scott Gallacher, DCE Housing. In the last few days we’ve had a briefing on the new structure and how the pieces will fit together. There are several positions they are actively recruiting for and it would be a great time to consider whether your sector knowledge might be a good fit in one of the many open roles inside this agency.

In this article David Zussman reflects on some of his insights while in Manchester and the United Kingdom for the CIH conference over June this year.

Faced with a housing crisis the United Kingdom has its 15th Housing Minister since 2000 and Brexit is set to dominate the bureaucratic resources of government. In the recent UK election housing tenure was seen as an influential guide to voting and not surprisingly, renters voted 50/30 in favour of Labour while home owners voted 50/30 for Conservative. Of more significance is the additional 8% of renters who voted in this election.

Economist, author, and commentator Shamubeel Eaqub says he’s angry we’re building housing for the landed gentry and not enough affordable housing. The housing crisis has been building for decades, and it’s only going to get bigger over time if we don’t take action. At the recent Community Housing Aotearoa IMPACT conference, Shamubeel talked about what needs to happen to relieve New Zealand’s housing crisis.