Open AccessGrowing community housing: challenges for government policy and community providers
Author(s) -
Richard W. Norman,
Bernard Teahan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
policy quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2324-1101
pISSN - 2324-1098
DOI - 10.26686/pq.v11i2.4534
Subject(s) - setback , government (linguistics) , public housing , business , public administration , affordable housing , public relations , economic growth , political science , economics , philosophy , linguistics , law
A government goal that one fifth of New Zealand’s social housing will be provided by community housing providers by 2020 received a setback in March 2015. One of New Zealand’s largest community organisations, the Salvation Army, announced that it lacked the expertise, infrastructure and resources and was not sure the lives of tenants would be improved by its becoming a housing provider.