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  • Kāinga Ora state housing projects under assessment

    A number of Kāinga Ora projects are under assessment while we review our social housing delivery pipeline, with a focus on best value for money and areas of greater social housing need. 3,600 homes currently under construction or contracted for delivery in the next two years. In the pursuit of best value decisions, we are looking at our social

  • Tenant home ownership

    If you are currently a Kāinga Ora tenant, you may be eligible for a grant to go towards purchasing the home you’re living in. The government is offering state house tenants the option to buy the house they are living in. The dream of home ownership may be yours, without even having to

  • Parks and amenities benefit residents and builders at Hobsonville Point

    Giving communities early access to amenities like parks, walkways and public artwork as part of new developments helps enhance wellbeing and land value overall, a new report on the Hobsonville Point development has found. The report by Fresh Info, Understanding the relationship between social amenity, wellbeing and land values , was commissioned by Kāinga Ora – Homes and

  • Selling Kāinga Ora properties

    Kāinga Ora is selling some homes and land that do not meet our current, or future, needs. be homes in high value areas. In this instance it makes sense to sell one high-value property and use the proceeds to build multiple new ones in areas of

  • First Home Partner

    The purpose of this page is to assist existing First Home Partner customers. This scheme is now fully subscribed. for your payment is determined by the value of the home at the time of purchase. This means that, if the value of the property has increased 10% from when you

  • Changes announced for home ownership products

    The Government has today announced changes to some of the home ownership products and programmes administered by Kāinga Ora – Homes and Communities. First Home Grant house price caps will be updated in several areas throughout the country to align with current market values. The minimum First Home Grant

  • Kāinga Ora takes next step in financial reset

    Another critical step in the reset of Kāinga Ora has been completed, with the agency finishing reviews of its social housing delivery pipeline and its land holdings. not in the areas where the agency needs to deliver new homes. $40 million for land that has fallen in value since Kāinga Ora purchased it. Further details

  • New homes a “little village” for Henderson

    Whānau will soon be moving into 47 brand-new Kāinga Ora homes in Henderson, Auckland, delivered just in time for spring. modern homes, and to know that so many more whānau will have a place to call home. “The open outdoor communal spaces really add amenity value to the complex and

  • WelTec students building skills, homes and futures

    Four Whanganui families will soon get the keys to new homes in Harper Street and Puriri Street that were built for them by Wellington Institute of Technology (WelTec) students preparing for jobs in the construction industry. The four homes were built at on campus in Porirua and Petone by students completing the New Zealand Certificate in Construction Trade Skills (Level 3). &nbsp

  • Miles of fencing for our tenants

    Masses of timber that would cover more than the distance between Dunedin and Oamaru will be erected as fencing on Kāinga Ora homes across the country this financial year. , secure and add amenity value too, Mr Commons says.  "While some of our biggest spending has been in areas where we have the most homes, we have also

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