Abstract:
Speaking on "Changing faces changing houses: The impact of Auckland's demographic change on regional housing markets", Alan Johnson will look at Auckland's recent and to be expected demographic changes and consider their impact on the region's housing markets including the possibility that we are quickly heading toward a housing crisis. Alan is a social policy analyst for The Salvation Army's Social Policy and Parliamentary Unit. He is a long time housing activist and housing researcher and presently the Chairman of Community Housing Aotearoa - the New Zealand community housing sector's national organisation. Dominic Foote (who works part time in the ARC Social and Economic Team) also works at the NZ Housing Foundation as their Operations Manager. Dominic has extensive experience in the private, public and not profit housing sectors in both New Zealand and the UK. New Zealand Housing Foundation is a (little known) not-for-profit, charitable trust that delivers affordable home ownership for low income households and provides supports to the community housing sector and organisations throughout New Zealand. It has already completed a number of its own residential developments across Auckland where its affordable home ownership products have proven a very popular with first home buyers. The Housing Foundation has the backing of some leading philanthropic organisations within New Zealand, and is supported by central and local government in many of its developments and programmes. Dominic will talk about the role of the Housing Foundation, its home ownership programmes and what they achieve, the homes it builds and where, and how it supports other community housing organisations and affordable housing initiatives and the interesting issues along the way in trying to provide affordable housing in Auckland and New Zealand. RSVP to Donna.Postlewaight@arc.govt.nz by Tuesday 27 July. Presentations will be followed by refreshments and networking. | 
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