Community Housing Aotearoa

​Today Minister Tywford released ‘A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing’, an independent report that examines our housing system. It confirms what we expected – our housing system is failing many New Zealanders – and reveals the true extent of hidden homelessness.

New Zealand's homelessness crisis is much worse than previously thought, as a new report identifies a hidden homeless population that is not officially monitored by government agencies.​​

An AUT study identifying over 150,000 people in Aotearoa as 'vulnerable transient' (meaning they have moved at least three times in three years) shows the failure by successive Governments to provide secure tenancy for people.

On 1 February, MSD released the December Housing Quarterly Report on its website.

Official advice shows that in spite of claiming a ‘housing crisis’ the Government’s proposed solution will take years to ramp up, and even then around half its contribution will be instead of private sector builds, National’s Housing spokesperson Michael Woodhouse says.

With massive economic and environmental advantages, it is no surprise that prefab and tiny houses are trending worldwide.

Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) says the ten year targets set by the Government last night to reduce child poverty are both appropriate and realistic. They are also consistent with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal of halving child poverty by 2030.

Further increases in the numbers of people waiting for public housing shows the urgent need to increase Housing NZ’s stock, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says.

Hawke’s Bay people in urgent need of a place to live are benefiting from Napier’s newest transitional housing complex, says Associate Housing and Urban Development Minister Jenny Salesa.

Providers have been selected for the expansion of the Housing First programme in Christchurch and Tauranga, Associate Housing and Urban Development Minister Jenny Salesa announced.