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New Zealands public housing crisis: Waiting list grows nearly 1000 in two months 19 Jan, 2021 11:19 PM 4 minutes to read The New Lynn site in Auckland where Kāinga Ora replaced 16 houses with 82 new homes. Image / Supplied Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz More than 2000 new households in a month have joined the public housing waiting list, which has grown nearly sevenfold in the past five years to 22,409. In two months from September to November last year the lis...

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Ardern was asked whether the Government’s latest and ongoing housing policy reset was really only wanting house price inflation to moderate to around last year’s 4 per cent rise, rather than for house prices to actually fall. What would be so bad about a fall in house prices, she was asked. “It is much more sustainable to have those much smaller increases. I think people expect that you see that in the market,” Ardern said. “What we also accept is that for most New Zealanders, thei...

Government ignores MBIEs advice to delay and reduce minimum wage hike 6 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Willie Jackson, the Governments holiday period Duty Minister, (pictured here with Finance Minister Grant Robertson, left) defended the minimum wage decision. Photo / Mark Mitchell The Governments decision to push ahead with a large minimum wage hike in April flouts bureaucrats advice to both delay and severely temper the increase. The Ministry of Business Innovation and Employme...

Housing crisis, Covid misinformation, racism: Problems flagged to new ministers The Government has published all the ministers briefings on their portfolios. Photo / Supplied Housing crisis, Covid misinformation, racism: Problems flagged to new ministers Wed, 16 Dec 2020, 4:19PM Racism in health, extremism in prisons, light rail in Auckland, coronavirus misinformation and an ongoing housing crisis are among the priorities outlined to incoming ministers in hundreds of pages o...

Monday, 14 December 2020, 2:17 pm News that that over $3 million was spent a single quarter alone in Lower Hutt between June and September on emergency housing special needs grants is just further confirmation that the Hutt housing crisis is getting worse, says Chris Bishop, National List MP based in Hutt South “This is a record new level of emergency housing spending in the Hutt. In March 2017 just under $200,000 was spent in a quarter on emergency housing special needs grants, which pay fo...

They will be completely flattened in the next election. Oh look; two moons! by PocketAces | 12th Dec 20, 3:39pm 1607740790 Theres only one party with any sort of chance actually gives a damn and thats the Greens, so if the labour party falls for ap them then so be it, the Nats will do nothing, ACT will do less than nothing Login or Register to post/report comments. by Hook | 12th Dec 20, 4:32pm 1607743962 BS to the Greens - their answer is more ta...

Press Release – New Zealand National Party More and more New Zealanders are feeling helpless as the property ladder is rapidly pulled up in front of them because the Government has no real solutions to the housing crisis. “Housing Minister Megan Woods needs to take responsibility for the emergency that is unfolding on her watch,” National’s Housing spokesperson Nicola Willis says. “Our most vulnerable are the worst hit. People on lower wages are increasingly spending more than half of...

Press Release – New Zealand National Party More and more New Zealanders are feeling helpless as the property ladder is rapidly pulled up in front of them because the Government has no real solutions to the housing crisis. Housing Minister Megan Woods needs to take responsibility for the emergency … More and more New Zealanders are feeling helpless as the property ladder is rapidly pulled up in front of them because the Government has no real solutions to the housing crisis. “Housing Mini...