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Govt doubles down on KiwiBuild as part of covid housing recovery stimulus
A new $350 million residential development response fund will draw on the recently reset KiwiBuild housing scheme and covid-19 response and recovery money to support home-building and take the edges off the pandemic, Housing Minister Megan Woods says.Announcing the initiative tod...
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Tenancy law could turn good neighbourhoods into slums: landlords
The new Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill 2020, which passed under urgency yesterday, got the balance right, placed reasonable requirements on both landlords and tenants and would endure through New Zealand's changing housing landscape, according to Associate Housing Minister ...
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Jenny Ruth: JENNY RUTH: Covid-slimmed Augusta syndicate relaunched
The relaunched Augusta Property Fund was always going to be an inferior offer because the coronavirus crisis tanked the planned purchase of one of its two properties. Instead of a $152.8 million fund owning a big-box retail centre in Albany and a medical centre in Hamilton, th...
Convert city office space to fix housing issues - financier
Underused commercial office space could be the key to a shortfall in affordable housing for first home buyers and offer options for renters, according to an international corporate financier. The idea to ‘repurpose’ commercial properties comes on the back of the government’s n...
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Oliver Lewis won the local government reporting category at the 2023 Voyager Media Awards. He is part of our investigations unit and also covers infrastructure, housing and employment issues. Formerly with Stuff/The Press, Oliver has also written for the Guardian and North & South.
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