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...]
Rod Cameron Beats me up…
I am sorry, but I need to take issue with you on the house in South Auckland. I put it to you and club members, this is exactly the sort of thing that needs to happen to allow Auckland or Christchurch or other NZ cities to realise Jim Lundy’s excellent vision of a city of villages. This house is … [Read more...]
Garry’s thoughts 2 March 2021
As we enter another period of covid19 lockdown I wonder how much of the latest Auckland outbreak is because of poverty? People in South Auckland who have to go to work because of their huge family costs. People who do not own their own homes and who are paying enormous rents to financially … [Read more...]
This week on Zoom – Robin Allison on Co-housing for life
Covid means we will meet on Zoom this week: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86420071588?pwd=RDcvYmJZaU9pWDA0K0NDb3pNdEptUT09 This week’s speaker is Robin Allison. Her book “Cohousing for Life” was published late last year, and she is travelling around the South Island meeting cohousing and … [Read more...]
A superb example of housing by the private sector:
A local housing company, owned by Israel Cooper, has been providing housing to Christchurch and the rest of New Zealand for the past 10 years. Israel is an ethical man with huge energy. I really enjoyed what he wrote this week in his firm’s email. Megan Woods should consider that this is one firm … [Read more...]
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