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  • Renting a home

    Tips for getting started if you would like to apply for social housing, including a Kāinga Ora home. of Social Development (MSD) - Work and Income (external link) about your housing needs (search 'Public housing on their website). They’ll discuss your situation

  • Supporting the Pasifika community with a new partnership initiative

    Kāinga Ora, Niuvaka Trust, and the Ministry for Social Development (MSD) are supporting the Pasifika community by providing access to employment opportunities, social housing, and financial assistance. supportive environment to meet with Kāinga Ora and MSD representatives. Kāinga Ora Senior Housing Support Manager Lusia says the Pasifika Community Clinics provide a

  • ‘My life changed’: Kāinga Ora delivers five homes a week in Canterbury during 2020

    Jimaima was in tears when she got her new home. After years of struggles and living with the effects of a stroke, she now has a safe place to call her own. Hers is just one of 260 new homes provided for people in need in Canterbury in 2020. complete a more comprehensive needs assessment for her application on the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) Housing Register. Jimaima and Senior Tenancy

  • Aaliyah’s stars are aligning for success

    Young mother Aaliyah works extremely hard to give her children a good life. And now that they have a bigger home, there is enough room for family life as well as study. to be registered with MSD as someone who’s eligible for public housing. Aaliyah helped her brother to navigate the process and when his application was

  • Good progress delivering new public homes in Tairāwhiti

    Civil defence assessments indicate that very few of Kāinga Ora’s 1,320 state homes in Tairāwhiti have been affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. were 568 whānau on the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) housing waiting list. “Everyone wants their mokopuna to grow and develop in a warm, dry, secure

  • More Palmerston North whānau to celebrate Christmas in new homes

    As we approach the holiday season, more individuals and families in Palmerston North will celebrate Christmas in a warm, dry and stable home. team responsible for matching people from the Ministry of Social Development’s (MSD) Housing Register with the new homes. Each match is made carefully and involves

  • A place for community connection

    More than a year since it first opened its doors, a dedicated community space in Nelson is helping locals to foster connections and creating opportunities for them to support and uplift one another. initiative, is based regularly at the hub. With support from organisations, including NZ Police, Oranga Tamariki and Ministry of Social Development (MSD), the hub

  • COVID-19 - contact types, help with essential costs and supporting your workers

    MSD and the COVID-19 team explain more about the types of contacts, how to get help with essential costs through Work and Income, and how you can support your workers with a range of financial support that is available. also available. It’s to help businesses whose revenue has reduced because of a COVID-19 Alert Level 2 or higher. Applications need to be made in MyIR on the

  • First 3-storey walkup apartments for Gisborne

    We have purchased ten homes near the central city in Gisborne to be used for public housing. .  There were 605 applicants on the MSD Housing Register as of 30 June 2022 in Gisborne, (up from 376 in December 2019). The Public Housing Plan focuses on

  • Plans for the redevelopment of Carroll Street site progressing

    Kāinga Ora is redeveloping its property at Carroll Street, Central Dunedin to further boost the supply of public housing in the region. consent application is currently being assessed by Dunedin City Council and we are pleased to be able to share an overview of the new homes currently planned for the

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