Religious Groups and Housing
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City Housing Policy Changes
- 17 Feb 2010
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Wellingtonians should comment our Council for staying firmly in the business of social housing provision. Their draft policy for the city’s social housing service describes a vision of affordable and safe accommodation for Wellingtonians in need. It also provides details on the Housing Upgrade Project (HUP) with Housing New Zealand.
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- wellington city council
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Few Rights for Boarding House Tenants
- 4 Feb 2010
- Downtown Community Ministry
- Some boarding houses in Wellington appear to be cashing in on big events in the city by evicting their residents at short notice to make room for out-of-town visitors. Downtown Community Ministry is aware of three instances where tenants have been given less than a day to vacate because their room was to be let to someone else.
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“More like a private home than a rental”
- 12 Jul 2009
- Sisters of Compassion
- “More like a private home than a rental” is what many tenants are saying about the pensioner units that Compassion Housing manage in central Upper Hutt, Wellington. The Sisters of Compassion purchased all of the Upper Hutt City Council’s pensioner unit’s way back in June 2000.
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- hutt valley
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Tenant suggestions offered to Council
- 22 Apr 2009
- Downtown Community Ministry
- With Wellington City Council holding a design competition on modernising its housing units Downtown Community Ministry thought it’d ask some clients for their input. “Overwhelmingly we were told that people wanted flats that were light and dry. Things like insulation to keep them warmer throughout winter were at the top of the list,” says Community Outreach Worker Kate Bell.
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- housing
- wellington city council
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