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Thursday, 4 March 2021, 6:51 am Summary The government and the Reserve Bank are leaving no stone unturned to calm the overheating housing market fuelled by record-high property prices. The policymakers are adopting various methods to tackle the housing crisis, like adding housing to RBNZ’s mandate, enforcing firmer LVR restrictions and scrapping RMA. It is yet to be seen whether these approaches will make any significant difference in controlling super-charged housing prices. Since the onse...

Thursday, 25 February 2021, 4:14 pm “We’ve noticed a massive increase in donations since the COVID-19 lockdown in March 2020 and the quality is just brilliant. Most of the curtains are 2-3 years old,” says Community Manager, Susie Robertson. “We’ve spoken to people as they’ve dropped them off to us and many have said that they’re renovating their home instead of going on holiday,” said Robertson, “good for us and the planet”. “Our customer service team at Sustainability T...

The Government has added 1,000 more transitional housing places as promised under the Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan (HAP), launched one year ago. Minister of Housing Megan Woods says the milestone supports the Government’s priority to ...

If New Zealand politicians thought the housing crisis in 2020 was bad, the worst is yet to come, warns a new report by The New Zealand Initiative. In The Need to Build: The demographic drivers of housing demand , Research Assistant Leonard Hong ...

“ A new housing report from the New Zealand initiative confirms again what ACT has been saying for a long time – housing supply needs to be focused on from all angles,” says ACT Deputy Leader Brooke van Velden “ACT has long said the only ...

New Zealand needs more houses. Yet despite the simplicity of that goal, it's been impossible to keep up with demand. This problem has persisted through both National and Labour Governments – several of each. As much as we might tinker around with ...

Thursday, 18 February 2021, 4:03 pm “Housing Minister Megan Woods’ vague promises of supply measures to ease housing pressures won’t help a single renter struggling to get a roof over their head,” says ACT Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “TradeMe data out today shows the median weekly rent for medium houses across New Zealand reached a new record in January, while the biggest annual increase was in one-to-two bedroom houses. “Year-on-year rental inquiries on the TradeMe sit...

Covid-19 cast a large shadow over our whenua. Inequality, already entrenched in Aotearoa, was magnified and exacerbated by the impact of Covid-19. The Fourteenth annual State of the Nation 2021 report from The Salvation Army, “Disturbed Present. ...

Thursday, 11 February 2021, 7:31 pm The Residential Tenancies Amendment Act 2020 is being rolled out in three phases, with phase 1 changes in effect since 11 August 2020. The amendments coming into effect today will build on initial changes introduced in 2020, empowering and providing security for renters in a New Zealand that is in the midst of a housing crisis. The changes under the Residential Tenancies Amendment Act include: - limits to rent increases to once every 12 months - tenants maki...

Wednesday, 10 February 2021, 12:41 pm The Government needs to show more urgency and commitment if it ever wants to make meaningful strides towards solving the housing shortage and getting wins for the environment. National’s spokesperson for Housing and RMA reform Nicola Willis says first-home buyers will be disappointed the Government isn’t moving fast enough to make house building easier. “House prices have risen more than 40 per cent since Labour came to office, yet Labour has shown no...