Upper Hutt - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 27 Aug 2023 09:48:40 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Upper Hutt - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 People spending 50 weeks on average in Upper Hutt emergency housing https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/08/28/people-spending-50-weeks-on-average-in-upper-hutt-emergency-housing/ Mon, 28 Aug 2023 05:54:11 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=162867 People are spending nearly a year living in emergency housing facilities in Upper Hutt as sky-high rentals, rising house prices and cost of living issues continue to bite. Figures obtained from a written Parliamentary Question from National's Chris Bishop paint a worsening picture across much of the lower and central North Island for those seeking Read more

People spending 50 weeks on average in Upper Hutt emergency housing... Read more]]> People are spending nearly a year living in emergency housing facilities in Upper Hutt as sky-high rentals, rising house prices and cost of living issues continue to bite.

Figures obtained from a written Parliamentary Question from National's Chris Bishop paint a worsening picture across much of the lower and central North Island for those seeking a place to live.

The Ministry of Social Development figures show as of June 2023, the average consecutive time a person was spending at an emergency housing facility in Upper Hutt was 50 weeks - just two weeks shy of a full year. Read more

People spending 50 weeks on average in Upper Hutt emergency housing]]> 162867 A spur to 1500 new homes for Upper Hutt https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/02/27/new-homes-upper-hutt/ Mon, 27 Feb 2023 04:54:22 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156017 A road that could see 1500 new homes on land once partly owned by a famous sailor is at the centre of a proposed plan change in Upper Hutt. The Guildford Timber Company wants to develop land, some of which was once owned by round the world sailor Sir Francis Chichester, behind Silverstream. Plan Change Read more

A spur to 1500 new homes for Upper Hutt... Read more]]> A road that could see 1500 new homes on land once partly owned by a famous sailor is at the centre of a proposed plan change in Upper Hutt.

The Guildford Timber Company wants to develop land, some of which was once owned by round the world sailor Sir Francis Chichester, behind Silverstream.

Plan Change 49 proposes to rezone the land and includes a variation that would allow a transport corridor on land known as Silverstream Spur, which would open up the land Guildford wanted to develop for housing. Read more

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