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Community Housing Aotearoa
Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa is the peak body for New Zealand's community
housing sector. Our 110 members build and manage affordable and social housing.
Our Vision is to make sure every New Zealander is well-housed in a warm, safe, dry
and affordable home. This is a basic human right.
We work to support the growth and development of community housing providers to
enable them to provide affordable and social housing.
We want to demonstrate that community housing is a critical element alongside
private and government owned housing. No one can do it alone.
Community Housing Aotearoa aims to:
- be the voice of the community housing sector
- build capacity and foster collaboration
- promote best practice in housing policy
- champion quality and excellence.
Community Housing Aotearoa - Latest News [Page 2]
The Shift Aotearoa On LVR Loosening
Monday, 4 May 2020, 6:50 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
Last week the Reserve Bank removed the LVR restrictions for an initial 12 month period. The reasons were three-fold: to utilise the counter-cyclical nature of the LVR restrictions (ie, to stimulate the economy), to avoid confusion for banks extending ... More >>
Community Housing Providers Welcome Government Funding To Keep Vulnerable People Housed
Wednesday, 29 April 2020, 1:01 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community housing providers are welcoming the Government’s funding boost for homelessness as a key part of an affordable housing-led economic recovery. “Providing permanent homes that people can afford is the right thing to focus on as New Zealand restarts ... More >>
Video Case Studies By Community Housing Providers Show The Difference Having A Good Home Makes
Monday, 2 March 2020, 3:27 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
“They’re breathing life back into us, filling our lungs with air”: video case studies show how good, affordable homes give people hope, connection and stability From life in an airless basement to being able to watch the sunset through a window ... More >>
UN Visit Identifies Actions For New Zealand To Address Housing Crisis
Wednesday, 19 February 2020, 3:42 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
“The visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing has reinforced the need to view good, affordable homes as a fundamental human right – and highlighted what needs to happen to ensure all New Zealanders are well-housed,” says Scott ... More >>
Government Homelessness Announcement Is The Turning Point We’ve Been Waiting For
Thursday, 13 February 2020, 2:52 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community housing providers are welcoming the Government’s announcement of a homelessness action plan backed by $300 million of extra funding. “In 10 years’ time New Zealand will look back on this announcement as a turning point in how we bring an end to ... More >>
UN visit underscores importance of good homes as basic right
Friday, 7 February 2020, 9:09 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
“Next week’s visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing is an opportunity to take a no-holds-barred look at New Zealand’s housing crisis to see if we’re doing enough to provide good, affordable homes for all New Zealanders,” ... More >>
Good homes essential to addressing child poverty
Friday, 13 December 2019, 11:46 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
“The fact so many families are struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table must be addressed urgently if we’re to provide the foundations for a good life for the next generation of New Zealanders,” says Scott Figenshow, Chief Executive ... More >>
Infrastructure funding welcomed
Friday, 13 December 2019, 11:38 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community housing providers are welcoming the Government’s announcement of new funding for essential infrastructure. More >>
Community housing sector welcomes low-cost funding option
Tuesday, 3 December 2019, 9:14 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) is welcoming the arrival of a low-cost funding avenue for community organisations working to provide good homes for New Zealanders. More >>
Genuinely affordable homes are the answer to housing crisis
Thursday, 12 September 2019, 10:53 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
“Putting families into motels is a temporary fix for desperate situations, rather than a sustainable solution to problems of poverty and homelessness,” says Scott Figenshow, Chief Executive of Community Housing Aotearoa. He was commenting on media ... More >>
New hope for Kiwi families
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 2:07 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa says the Government’s new approach to home ownership is a win for the many thousands of New Zealanders seeking an affordable place to call home. More >>
Community housing sector looks forward to innovation
Friday, 28 June 2019, 1:56 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
While welcoming the appointment of new Housing Minister Megan Woods as part of an expanded team of Ministers addressing the housing crisis, Community Housing Aotearoa hopes that the rhetoric will now be backed up with practical action. More >>
Funding To Include Community Housing In Systems Approach
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 1:41 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
The power of Community Housing Aotearoa as a catalyst to drastically increase the supply of adequate, affordable housing for families living in poverty has been recognised by the Peter McKenzie Project of the J R McKenzie Trust. More >>
Delivering Homes and Kāinga For All New Zealanders
Tuesday, 4 June 2019, 11:56 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
New Zealand is a first world country where every person should have access to a warm, dry, safe place to call home. Sadly, however, statistics show this is not the case. More >>
Affordable Housing good for wellbeing too!
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 2:41 pm | Community Housing Aotearoa
In responding to today’s Wellbeing Budget, Community Housing Aotearoa has again called for the establishment of a permanent affordable housing fund in order to drive real progress, and reiterated the community housing sector’s willingness to apply ... More >>
Community Housing Providers’ home building flatlines
Thursday, 14 March 2019, 11:41 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
The latest figures provided by the Auckland community housing sector show that the current settings for delivering new affordable homes aren’t working. More >>
Healthy Homes Standards welcomed
Monday, 25 February 2019, 11:11 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) supports the recently released Healthy Homes Standards. More >>
Time to redefine housing affordability
Tuesday, 27 November 2018, 9:34 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa is calling on the Government’s new Housing and Urban Development Authority to move away from inflated market prices and instead produce homes that are truly affordable. More >>
‘Beyond Renting’ report supports investment in homeownership
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 10:36 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa agrees with key aspects of the Beyond Renting report released yesterday by The Salvation Army. More >>
CHA gives a “must do better” grade on Public Housing Plan
Friday, 24 August 2018, 11:04 am | Community Housing Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa applauds the Government for publishing a Public Housing Plan, but says the 6,400 funded units are far too few given the growing needs of over 10,500 applications on the social housing register. More >>
