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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. housing need so some costs have gone into purchasing sites. Making land build-ready contributes to the overall value of the asset. The investment in this land will

  • Kāinga Ora purchases Nelson City Council social housing properties

    Nelson City Council has sold its social housing portfolio to Kāinga Ora in an agreement both believe will help stimulate a wider range of housing options in that region. a new council Housing Reserve that will seek investment into social and affordable housing projects across the wider Nelson community. All council tenants will

  • Kāinga Ora invests in Tauranga

    Approximately 1,000 more new homes are likely to be built in Tauranga over the coming years due to the acquisition of a 95.3 hectare site by Kāinga Ora. Ferncliffe Farm is a greenfield site in the priority-growth area of Tauranga’s Tauriko West. The $70.4 million purchase is the first acquisition under the

  • Warmer, drier state homes for Auckland whānau

    Kāinga Ora has invested nearly $47 million into maintaining and improving its homes for its tenants and their whānau in Auckland. Year 18/19 investment has gone on such things as painting, fencing, roofing and driveway safety improvements across many of the 28,482 homes Kāinga Ora owns in

  • Whānau moving from motels into Gisborne’s largest social housing development

    Whānau are ready to move into Gisborne’s new 31 home, social housing development this week. For most of the new tenants, it will be the first time they have had a long-term place to live for some time. . TW Property have built the houses and managed the project from the beginning. Now they are complete and ready to live in, Kāinga Ora has bought the homes for

  • First Home Loan

    A First Home Loan can make it easier for you to get into your first home by lowering the required deposit to 5%. your primary place of residence not own any other property or land, this does not include ownership of Māori land be purchasing a property of less than 1 hectare

  • Buyers move in to Rotorua’s first KiwiBuild homes

    Homeownership means many things. For Venkat and Sowmya, it represents security and a new future for their two-year-old daughter Venya. didn’t have much space for her to run and play. We wanted to buy a home for her future.” Venkat and Sowmya’s property is one of the first eight KiwiBuild homes in

  • KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal application

    to your scheme provider. are a current home or land owner or currently registered on a property title in New Zealand or overseas , as you are not eligible for a

  • Home improvements for Wellington families

    Kāinga Ora has invested nearly $11 million into maintaining its homes for tenants and their whānau in Wellington in the last year. investment includes more than $840,000 on fencing improvements, about $5.5 million on painting, nearly $4.5 million on roofing and over $118,000 on 100 driveway

  • Housing projects bring 143 new homes to Ōtāra and Papatoetoe

    Ōtāra and Papatoetoe have seen a wave of new social housing, with 143 new homes delivered since July – the largest build programme Ōtāra and Papatoetoe have seen in decades. Construction, Precision, Penny Homes, Ravindra and Snehlata Chandra Partnership) and construction teams, reflecting a significant investment in the future of Ōtāra and

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