Principals are worried social housing developments being built in zones for lower socio-economic schools could create problems for staff. Six school leaders want “transparency” on Rotorua’s housing intensification across the board, saying that knowing early about developments would help them better support high needs children. They wrote to Rotorua Lakes Council saying, in their view, Read more
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Hundreds of homeless families to get permanent housing
Monday, November 1st, 2021
Hundreds of homeless families in Victoria, Australia, who have been staying in state-funded hotels during lockdowns will be found a permanent place to live. Housing Minister Richard Wynne says the state government’s $66-million investment will go towards supporting 250 families, including 400 children. They will be able to stay in hotels after next February’s cut-off Read more
Church asked to identify property that could be used for housing
Thursday, September 2nd, 2021
The Irish Government has asked the Catholic Church to identify property it owns that could be used to tackle the housing crisis. Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien made the request to the Primate of All Ireland, Archbishop of Armagh Eamon Martin, in a recent letter. It comes as work continues to finalise the Government’s Housing Read more
Perfect storm swamping the housing crisis
Thursday, December 10th, 2020
The housing crisis is going through a “perfect storm” and is likely to worsen over the next year, a post-election briefing to the Housing Minister says. The Hon Megan Woods has been told historically low-interest rates, a stalled private rental market and not enough new houses are drivers of the housing crisis. An increasing population Read more