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High Debt Levels Hindering Access To Most Affordable Homes
Wednesday, 17 April 2024, 1:52 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is concerned about the difficulty they’re finding to confirm families into new, affordable, two-bedroom homes in Māngere East, Auckland, largely due to rising household debt levels. More >>
Habitat For Humanity Announces Expansion Of Local Shelter Programmes Into Tonga
Wednesday, 10 April 2024, 11:15 am | Habitat for Humanity
The pilot partnership with Live and Learn, and Talitha Project in Tonga is an expansion of shelter programming Habitat has been delivering in Tonga for the past eight years. Most recently it has completed building eight new homes for families displaced by ... More >>
Habitat Celebrates 30 Years Of Delivering Decent Housing – But Much More To Do
Wednesday, 1 November 2023, 8:45 am | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is celebrating 30 years of building homes, communities and hope in Aotearoa and the Pacific, however it also recognises there is still a lot more that needs to be done to achieve its vision of a world where everyone has ... More >>
Habitat Supporting Cyclone Affected Whānau
Thursday, 16 February 2023, 11:55 am | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity Northern Region Chief Executive Conrad LaPointe today expressed his sympathy for all those affected by the recent severe weather events across the North Island, “ As Cyclone Gabrielle passes, we are seeing the scale of destruction ... More >>
Home Ownership Dream Now A Reality For Two Christchurch Families
Sunday, 16 October 2022, 4:36 am | Habitat for Humanity
15 October 2022 – Two Christchurch families in housing need will soon move into homes they will one day own today as part of Habitat for Humanity New Zealand’s Progressive Home Ownership (PHO) programme. The two families will move into their ... More >>
Several Hundred Thousand Kiwi Families Are Experiencing Unacceptable Living Conditions: New Aotearoa Housing Survey
Monday, 27 June 2022, 7:12 pm | Habitat for Humanity
AMI Insurance and Habitat for Humanity NZ are on a mission to help improve the lives of 75,000 Kiwis living in housing need; this survey is the first step to help understand the scale of the issue. The inaugural Aotearoa Housing Survey by AMI Insurance and ... More >>
Home Repairs And Rebuild Focus For Habitat’s Work In Tonga
Wednesday, 26 January 2022, 12:08 pm | Habitat for Humanity
For immediate release, 26 January 2022 – Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is drawing on its proven track record of disaster response in the Pacific to assist the people of Tonga after the devastation caused by the eruption of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai. ... More >>
Habitat For Humanity To Build Further 40 Homes Due To Government PHO Funding
Tuesday, 5 October 2021, 9:44 am | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand is delighted to have successfully secured additional loan support from the Government to provide 40 new homes to families of modest means. Under the Progressive Home Ownership (PHO) programme, Habitat will receive a $13.8 ... More >>
Greens’ Rent to Own an idea whose time has come
Monday, 5 August 2019, 11:48 am | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is welcoming commitments made by Green Party co-leader Marama Davidson at the Party’s AGM for a government-backed rent to own scheme. More >>
Habitat home repair gets a $1M boost
Monday, 29 July 2019, 1:54 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity’s essential home repair work for low and moderate income families has received an unprecedented $1M boost from Bank of New Zealand (BNZ). More >>
Ground Broken on Hands on for Habitat Project
Friday, 28 June 2019, 7:31 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Ground Broken on Hands on for Habitat Project in Ngaruawahia Habitat for Humanity Central North Island has broken ground this afternoon on the ‘Hands on for Habitat’ project in Ngaruawahia, which aims to raise funds for Habitat’s home repair programme. More >>
Housing Budget a balance between urgent and long-term needs
Thursday, 30 May 2019, 6:09 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand commends the announcement of a range of new funds in housing, largely geared to address the urgent needs of the chronically homeless, those in government-funded transitional housing, and those deemed at imminent risk ... More >>
High Hopes for Home Ownership Assistance in Budget
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 5:02 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Tammy Ngawhika hopes that tomorrow’s budget announcement will include home ownership opportunities for people on low to moderate incomes. “Before I moved into my own home, I was living in a cold, damp home. My children were in and out of hospital. ... More >>
Housing Forum Puts Spotlight on Housing for Pacific People
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 1:12 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Auckland, 14th May 2019 The inaugural Pacific People’s Housing Forum, hosted by housing organisation Habitat for Humanity New Zealand and the Office of Hon. Jenny Salesa MP, Minister for Building and Construction will take place in Auckland on ... More >>
Progressive Home Ownership could help end family poverty
Friday, 10 May 2019, 9:33 am | Habitat for Humanity
Progressive Home Ownership could help end intergenerational poverty More >>
Housing Charity backs call for Progressive Home Ownership
Thursday, 18 October 2018, 7:50 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity New Zealand agrees with the Salvation Army’s call for expanding access to home ownership through a form of Progressive Home Ownership as part of the government’s KiwiBuild scheme. The housing charity, which has assisted hundreds ... More >>
Habitat for Humanity readies response to Cyclone Gita
Tuesday, 13 February 2018, 5:00 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity, a not-for profit organisation focused on shelter, is preparing a response to Tropical Cyclone Gita, which struck Tonga as a Category 4 storm overnight after passing through Samoa. More >>
Home-for-a-home scheme for developing nations announced
Thursday, 30 November 2017, 2:24 pm | Habitat for Humanity
30 November 2017 New Zealand’s first home-for-a-home scheme for developing nations announced Habitat for Humanity New Zealand, a not-for profit organisation that works to provide access to affordable shelter, in partnership with national construction ... More >>
15,000 To Become Progressive Homeowners
Saturday, 19 November 2016, 10:27 pm | Habitat for Humanity
The Green Party today launched its progressive homeownership policy at the annual conference of Habitat for Humanity New Zealand, reports the housing charity from its Rotorua event. More >>
Damage in Philippines after Typhoon Haima devastation
Thursday, 20 October 2016, 4:13 pm | Habitat for Humanity
Shelter expert Habitat for Humanity is today assessing damage to homes and farms in the Northern Philippines after the category four typhoon Haima brought intense winds and rain. More >>
