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Workers living in cars, the new normal in Queenstown

Workers living in cars, the new normal in Queenstown

September 19th 2023 By Newsroom "It’s not social housing that Queenstown needs, it’s homes for working people and those trying to get on the property ladder" That's the stark reality of the new normal according to Read more

Kāinga Maha wins big for housing innovation

Kāinga Maha wins big for housing innovation

September 11th 2023 By Ahi (Australasian Housing Institute) On a positive note! There are examples of new models of affordable housing starting to happen around the country, and it can be designed to create connected Read more

Boomerang adults: the young New Zealanders moving back in with their parents

Boomerang adults: the young New Zealanders moving back in with their parents

September 6th 2023 By The Guardian Housing as an election issue will, no matter the outcome, at least bring the topic of affordable housing (or rather, the lack of) front and centre of public debate. As we have Read more

Housing affordability unlikely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels - BNZ

Housing affordability unlikely to return to pre-COVID-19 levels - BNZ

September 6th 2023 By Newshub Another angle on the same issue of affordability - ultimately drawing the same conclusion that we are back on the same trajectory of worsening housing affordability as the housing market Read more

Affordable rental housing shrinking compared to population rise - research

Affordable rental housing shrinking compared to population rise - research

September 6th 2023 By Radio New Zealand New research just published by the Child Poverty Action Group around rental housing stock and costs in Aotearoa puts numbers to support the position already adopted by the WHI; Read more

Housing affordability 'may be as good as it gets'

Housing affordability 'may be as good as it gets'

September 6th 2023 By Stuff NZ As good as it gets is not good enough! These comments from CoreLogic today underline the need for interventions that cause a systemic change to the housing continuum. The point is well Read more

Help on way for Waikato renters

Help on way for Waikato renters

August 30th 2023 By Waikato Times It is great to see affordable solutions being developed for the rental market. Another initiative from Bridge Housing Charitable Trust which would see affordable rentals in central Read more

Reserve Bank rethinks where house prices will go

Reserve Bank rethinks where house prices will go

August 23rd 2023 By Stuff NZ A word from CEO Aksel Bech. The comments from the Reserve Bank in today's Stuff article around house prices now having bottomed out with a 9.5% forecast rise by the end of 2025 -and that Read more

Inclusionary zoning could bring more affordable houses to Waipā

Inclusionary zoning could bring more affordable houses to Waipā

August 9th 2023 https://www.waikatotimes.co.nz/a/nz-news/350046137/inclusionary-zoning-could-bring-more-affordable-houses-waipa?fbclid=IwAR3uf06Me08WI_0rli-mxa-icD6Q88dWuAhfMsNS3ibB-wmcHqayRLwPJ_w By Waikato Times Read more