Community housing providers are ready and waiting to work with the Government says Monte Cecilia Housing Trust’s former CEO Bernie Smith. Smith was talking on Tuesday with NewsTalkZB’s Mike Hosking. Locked out Smith told Hosking that community housing providers had previously been prevented from buying houses from developers. Instead, Kainga Ora sought out the developers Read more
An independent review into Kāinga Ora raises several concerns, says Catholic community housing provider Monte Cecilia. The review – which former Prime Minister Sir Bill English led – found the state housing agency has not been responsibly managing the billions of dollars it is allocated. It’s a very strong critique of Kāinga Ora, says Monte Read more
The Government’s $350m Affordable Housing Fund is getting a mixed response from housing providers. It says it will start accepting applications for the Fund from community housing providers this week. The Fund will provide grants of up to 50 percent of the costs for affordable rental property developments. Some housing providers are positive. They say Read more