Housing
Housing solutions don’t include harassing homeless: Greens
04 Sep 2008Auckland City Councillor Paul Goldsmith’s "blame the victim" response to the homeless is the worst way to handle New Zealand’s housing crisis, the Green Party says.
Housing a critical election issue
01 Sep 2008
The housing crisis evident to many ordinary New Zealanders is not being treated seriously enough by either National or Labour. The foundation of the Greens’ national housing strategy is that no one remains homeless or in inadequate housing. Housing Spokesperson Sue Bradford launches the Green Party’s housing policy at a public meeting in South Auckland on Monday.
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Greens: Housing at crisis point for many
28 Aug 2008News that increasing numbers of families in the far north are being forced into mortgagee sales should be a wake up call to Government and all political parties about the seriousness of the current housing crisis, the Green Party says.
Overseas speculators could shut out first home buyers
24 Aug 2008The Greens are calling on the Government to take action after a report that overseas buyers are swooping on the New Zealand property market, keeping out first time home buyers.
Launch of Green Party housing policy
Green MP Sue Bradford will be launching the Green party’s housing policy and we encourage as many people to go along and support Sue and hear the Green party solutions for housing issues.
Time: 7 – 9pm.
Venue: Otahuhu Communty Centre, 10-16 High St, Otahuhu
Hungry young mums should be treated with dignity: Greens
07 Aug 2008It is not acceptable that Work and Income case managers continue to bully and intimidate people seeking their assistance, the Green Party says.
Green Party Social Development Spokesperson Sue Bradford will ask questions in the House today about why the Government allows this culture of abuse to continue, in some Work and Income offices at least.
Nothing to fear from energy efficient lighting: Greens
23 Jun 2008The National Party has gone on record for a second time today opposing sustainability and lower energy prices for households.
Keeping warm a matter of life and death: Greens
28 May 2008News an extra 1600 New Zealanders die every winter due mostly to cold, damp and poorly maintained homes underpins significance of the Green Party's Budget initiative to insulate all state houses, Co-Leader Jeanette Fitzsimons says.