State housing

Suburbs beyond Mt Roskill included in government's 10,000 homes plan

11 Sep 18, 11:03am

The Government's plans for 10,000 new homes around Mt Roskill could extend significantly into the neighbouring suburbs of Sandringham, Balmoral, Three Kings and Hillsborough
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Why Geoff Simmons wants to get rid of Housing NZ

5 Sep 18, 5:00am

Geoff Simmons

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TOP Leader Geoff Simmons calls for Housing NZ to be replaced by regional 'associations' tasked with providing both affordable and state housing
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Tamaki Redevelopment Company seeks bank loans

16 Mar 18, 9:55am

Gareth Vaughan

Tamaki Redevelopment Company seeking 'lead arranger bank' as it looks to borrow up to $330 million
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Govt halts state housing sales

20 Dec 17, 1:21pm

David Hargreaves

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Housing Minister says 2500 Christchurch state houses due to be sold by mid next year will now be retained
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Back to the future of state housing

4 Dec 17, 4:24pm

David Hargreaves

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If Phil Twyford follows through on the sentiments expressed in his first major speech as Housing Minister then the housing sector may be facing an even bigger shake up than people realise
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Is it time for a fresh approach towards state housing?

1 Nov 17, 2:39pm

Gareth Vaughan

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Could shared equity schemes be a way for the new government to forge a new path in state housing? Gareth Vaughan takes a look a such a scheme that was proposed and rejected for Tamaki
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End the 'soft privatisation' of state housing

25 Aug 17, 9:38am

Guest

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Alan Johnson says we must acknowledge that the value of state, or publicly-owned, housing is so much more than its balance sheet worth, and significant efforts must be put into increasing our publicly funded housing stock
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Labour touts Hutt Valley land for KiwiBuild

12 Apr 17, 12:26pm

Alex Tarrant

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Labour says empty Housing NZ land in Wellington's Hutt Valley region enough for 400 Kiwibuild and state homes; One-to-three-bedroom Kiwibuild properties at $200,000 to $350,000
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Maori give Government green light to build houses on pockets of public land around Auckland

3 Sep 15, 3:34pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

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Iwi and hapū group surrender right to develop public land in Auckland, making way for Government to push on with housing plan
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State house fraudsters get the boot

19 Aug 13, 11:53am

David Hargreaves

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Housing Minister says 1000 state homes have been freed up for re-use due to detection of fraud among tenants
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No-deposit, low interest, loans for Maori

20 Jun 13, 3:14pm

David Hargreaves

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Mana Party unveils policy for Maori first-time home buyers that would see the state provide low interest, no-deposit loans, with 10,000 new state houses a year
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Govt looks at moving on state house tenants

16 May 13, 5:13pm

David Hargreaves

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Govt to 'review' 53,000 state house tenancies; people will be 'given support' to move to alternative housing
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Govt's pre-fab state house plan

14 May 13, 11:51am

David Hargreaves

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Housing Minister Nick Smith announces plan to spend NZ$377 mln on 3000 extra bedrooms and 500 new state houses mainly in Auckland
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Housing NZ cashes in on Auckland

17 Apr 13, 11:09am

David Hargreaves

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Housing NZ gets NZ$8.76 million - 50% more than valuation - for Auckland properties; land to be developed
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English eyes Auckland housing plan

22 Aug 12, 8:34am

Alex Tarrant

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Finance Minister English says govt land holdings in Auckland a key part of affordable housing solution; wants to reform state's role as 'biggest slum landlord'
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