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• 2009-2010 Statement of Intent
• 2008-2009 Statement of Intent
• 2007-2008 Statement of Intent
  • Foreword: Board Chair
  • Chief Executive's overview
  • Part 1: Our three-year outlook - introduction
  • Part 1: The Government's strategic policy framework
  • Part 1: Operating environment
  • Part 1: Our business
  • Part 1: Outcomes framework
  • Part 1: The Corporation at a glance
  • Part 1: Managing for results
  • Part 1: Quality assurance, evaluation and risk management
  • Part 1: Partners and stakeholders
  • Part 2: Statement of responsibility
  • Part 2: Introduction - Forecast financial information
  • Part 2: Strategic priority one: Coordinate the Government's New Zealand Housing Strategy
  • Part 2: Strategic priority two: Demonstrate housing development best practice
  • Part 2: Strategic priority three: Ensure effective state housing stewardship
  • Part 2: Strategic priority four: Support community-based social housing initiatives
  • Part 2: Strategic priority five: Facilitate sustainable home ownership
  • Part 2: Output class appropriations
  • Part 2: Forecast financial performance, policies and statements
  • Part 2: Forecast financial statements
  • Footnotes

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Part 2: Strategic priority four: Support community-based social housing initiatives

Strategic priority definition

This priority focuses on strengthening the capability of social housing providers and supporting local government, community-based organisations and iwi to provide social housing and other community initiatives.

This priority covers the Corporation's role as capacity builder.

Capacity builder

Key activities

• Community Renewal.
• Healthy Housing.
• Local government, iwi and community housing support (Housing Innovation Fund).
• Capacity development grants.

Community Renewal

The Community Renewal programme aims to address social exclusion and foster strong and sustainable communities. The programme takes a holistic approach in areas with high levels of social deprivation and work ranges from modernising and reconfiguring homes to improving social cohesion, safety and security and the physical environment. The Corporation works with the tenants, community and agencies to build a strong, healthy community and integrated range of appropriate services.

Table 48: COMMUNITY RENEWAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Table 49: COMMUNITY RENEWAL: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Healthy Housing

The Healthy Housing programme aims to reduce housing-related health risks and crowding and to improve tenant access to health and social services. The programme focuses on reducing the risk of infectious diseases associated with crowding and aims to generally improve the Corporation's housing conditions in areas where health risks are high.

Table 50: HEALTHY HOUSING: PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Table 51: HEALTHY HOUSING: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Capacity-building grants

The Corporation provides capacity-building grants to local authorities and community-based organisations. We also offer secondments to support social housing providers.

Table 52: CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANTS: PERFORMANCE MEASURE

Table 53: CAPACITY-BUILDING GRANTS: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Local government, iwi and community housing support (Housing Innovation Fund)

The Housing Innovation Fund encourages not-for-profit, non-government community groups and organisations, including Maori and iwi and local government, to increase or develop rental housing and home ownership to low-income earners, and those with special needs. The Corporation provides loans and grants to local authorities and community-based organisations to supply additional housing units, or to modernise or improve existing housing.

Table 54: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IWI AND COMMUNITY HOUSING SUPPORT: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Table 55: LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IWI AND COMMUNITY HOUSING SUPPORT AND COMMUNITY-OWNED RURAL AND RENTAL HOMES: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Group Self Build grants

Group Self Build is a housing programme that provides financial support to groups of low income families in rural areas to work together to build their own houses. Groups of owner-builders are helped to get expert assistance to plan, design and build their own houses.

Table 56: GROUP SELF BUILD GRANTS: PERFORMANCE MEASURE

Table 57: GROUP SELF BUILD GRANTS: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Home Improvement Project Zones

The Corporation supports community-based housing providers to plan and deliver home improvement services within rural areas.

Table 58: HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ZONES: PERFORMANCE MEASURES

Table 59: HOME IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ZONES: REVENUE AND COST SUMMARY

Community-owned rural rental loans

The Corporation provides loans to rural-based community organisations to develop their own sustainable housing portfolios.

Table 60: COMMUNITY-OWNED RURAL RENTAL LOANS