Those who were at the last Tuesday Club heard part of Peter Beck’s presentation was shared by Chris Chamberlain of Oxford Terrace Baptist Church. Chris and his parish have decided to build affordable houses where their old Church used to stand. This is a wonderful project and I would recommend that … [Read more...]
Will the Press ever stop pushing the “tweet” button with Community Housing?
There are Community Housing providers throughout New Zealand. Literally from North Cape to Bluff. This sector houses around 35,000 people every night. Many of the people the Community Housing sector house are amongst our society’s most vulnerable. Add to this number those housed by Kainga Ora … [Read more...]
A good housing story involving my whanau:
A really neat part of the media are the local stories produced by Frank Films. This week Gerard Smyth and team at Frank Films produced a story on a wonderful housing solution called the Peterborough Housing Coop. I have written about it before. In the film the Frank Film crew focused in on those … [Read more...]
John Patterson’s been writing memories and commenting on house construction
In John’s first piece he has written about the mines in the area he grew up in. There were disasters, but when the death only involved one person the town moved on and the family had the job of grieving on their own. It is a real lesson for us to remember those who are grieving over personal … [Read more...]
Housing April 2021
John Patterson wrote to me this week and said: I see in the Tuesday Club notes this week you have my story of building houses after the war, I hope it makes people think. To work out were you have to go you need to look where you’ve been. The house my great granddad built in 1886 was 212 … [Read more...]
A Series of Articles on Housing
1. A housing debate in Wellington This week there was a debate in Wellington hosted by Rev Charles Waldegrave. The two speakers were the Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and economist Shamubeel Eaqub. Here is a link to the debate. Note how many times Grant Robertson nodded as Shamubeel … [Read more...]
Garry writes 28 March 2021
I have long advocated that political parties should stop beating each other up over housing and instead create a collaborative framework for them all to work within. It was therefore delightful to read the article Peter Beck sent to me recently where the Churchtimes in the UK reported on the … [Read more...]
Church leaders met the Prime Minister on Friday morning:
On Friday morning Church leaders met the Prime Minister in Auckland about Housing. Here is their message to the Government: Church Leaders’ Position Paper on Housing Aligned Values Housing is central to wellbeing in our communities. For people of faith, the home is a place where the … [Read more...]
Last week: Robin Allison on Co-housing
Last week we had an excellent presentation from Robyn Allison on co-housing. Robyn has recently written a book called “Cohousing for life” and she spoke to this book and about her long experiences over the past few decades about how to make a community like this work. Watch the main session … [Read more...]
A brilliant article by a family locked out of owning a home
There is a lot written about housing. Mostly by people who already have at least one home. They argue about the cost of money. They argue about Local Government stopping development. They argue that the Resource Management Act is causing the end of the world. There are few who really look at housing … [Read more...]
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