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Government’s Homelessness Action Plan Misses The Mark In The Face Of Rising House Prices
Tuesday, 18 February 2020, 1:23 pm | State Housing Action
The State Housing Action Network (SHAN) is deeply disappointed that the Government’s recently announced Aotearoa Homelessness Action Plan fails to provide for increases in the state housing stock which are essential for addressing the homelessness crisis. ... More >>
Government’s Homelessness Action Plan Misses The Mark
Saturday, 15 February 2020, 10:52 am | State Housing Action
The State Housing Action Network (SHAN) is deeply disappointed that the Government’s recently announced Aotearoa Homelessness Action Plan fails to provide for increases in the state housing stock which are essential for addressing the homelessness crisis. ... More >>
Tamaki gentrification comes to East Porirua?
Friday, 2 November 2018, 8:44 am | State Housing Action
The government’s announcement today of a major regeneration project for East Porirua has all the hallmarks of Auckland’s Tamaki tragedy whereby low-income residents and families are being displaced from Glen Innes, Point England and Panmure as these ... More >>
Vile, despicable comments from National Party leader
Monday, 24 September 2018, 7:53 pm | State Housing Action
His comments continue the cruel, abusive derision directed against so many State tenants and beneficiaries under the National government. More >>
Pocket money offer for HNZ evicted tenants deeply cynical
Thursday, 20 September 2018, 7:31 pm | State Housing Action
The “pocket money” offer to state house tenants wrongly evicted from their homes based on bogus meth testing is deeply cynical and insulting. More >>
Meth-testing compensation claims by Housing NZ tenants
Wednesday, 8 August 2018, 9:22 am | State Housing Action
State Housing Action Network has written to Housing Minister Phil Twyford asking the government to appoint an independent group to assess compensation claims from tenants and families evicted in Housing New Zealand’s meth-testing fiasco. More >>
HNZC Board and Senior management requested to resign
Tuesday, 26 June 2018, 8:55 am | State Housing Action
HNZC Board and Senior management requested to resign Two days ago the State Housing Action Network wrote to all Board members and senior managers of Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) requesting they resign their positions. Over the past two weeks ... More >>
Leadership of HNZ and WINZ Must Go
Thursday, 7 June 2018, 10:09 am | State Housing Action
State Housing Action Network is calling on the government to replace the boards and senior management of Housing New Zealand and Work and Income New Zealand to drive a genuine and transformative culture change within these organisations towards beneficiaries ... More >>
Housing NZ's chief executive Andrew McKenzie has to go
Saturday, 2 June 2018, 6:36 pm | State Housing Action
The State Housing Action Network is calling on the government to sack Housing New Zealand Chief Executive Andrew McKenzie. More >>
Social Housing Minister stifles debate on critical issues
Friday, 18 August 2017, 9:25 am | State Housing Action
Social Housing Minister Amy Adams is refusing all requests to front up and justify the National government’s plan to sell 2,500 state houses in Christchurch after the election. More >>
The biggest privatisation of state assets in NZ history
Thursday, 22 June 2017, 10:02 am | State Housing Action
In a particular shameful act the Christchurch City Council is helping the National government facilitate the biggest privatisation in Zealand history – our $18 billion of state house assets. More >>
A genuine New Zealand hero – Niki Rauti
Saturday, 18 February 2017, 11:00 pm | State Housing Action
SHAN is appealing for communities around New Zealand to support Tamaki resident, Niki Rauti, whom Housing New Zealand wants to evict from her state home to make way for sea-view mansions for the wealthy. More >>
CCC housing failure a tragedy for low-income families
Tuesday, 14 February 2017, 10:12 am | State Housing Action
Six years on from the Christchurch earthquakes the Christchurch City Council is still 357 houses short of what it had before the earthquakes. More >>
Judicial review, proposed sale of Tauranga HNZ properties
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 10:06 am | State Housing Action
On 9 November 2016 Justice Simon France of the High Court delivered his decision on the Judicial Review proceedings brought by State Housing Action Incorporated against the Ministers of Housing and Finance with regard to the proposed sale of virtually ... More >>
Overseas investors not welcome to buy Christchurch state hou
Thursday, 8 December 2016, 9:15 am | State Housing Action
State Housing Action Network 7 December 2016 Media release: Overseas investors not welcome to buy Christchurch state houses The news that Housing New Zealand is holding an “invite-only” seminar in Sydney next week for potential buyers of state houses ... More >>
Vigorous campaign will oppose Christchurch state house sales
Thursday, 24 November 2016, 5:28 pm | State Housing Action
The government’s intention to sell up to 2,500 state houses in Christchurch can expect to be met with a vigorous community campaign to stop the sales. More >>
Housing sell off challenge to be heard in High Court
Wednesday, 9 November 2016, 10:43 am | State Housing Action
The US election is the second most important issue to be decided today (Wednesday 9th) More >>
Drug contamination evictions an abuse of state tenants
Monday, 31 October 2016, 9:40 am | State Housing Action
State Housing Minister Bill English must step in to bring Housing New Zealand under control after the revelation that 122 state house tenants have been evicted based on trace amounts of meth amphetamine found in state houses. More >>
Court date set for legal challenge to sale of state houses
Thursday, 29 September 2016, 11:39 am | State Housing Action
The 9th of November in the Wellington High Court has been set aside for a hearing of State Housing Action Incorporated’s legal challenge to any government agreement to sell 1124 state houses in Tauranga. More >>
Legal challenge to government plans to sell state houses
Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 9:41 am | State Housing Action
A High Court legal challenge is being prepared to tackle the government’s plans to sell state houses in Tauranga. More >>
