August 2021 - Dwell submission on the GPS-HUD

Dwell recently submitted feedback to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD) on their Government Policy Statement - Housing and Urban Development (GPS-HUD).  The GPS-HUD aims to give everyone operating in housing the system visibility about where and how government will prioritise time, energy and invest resource to achieve housing and urban change. 

Dwell's feedback centred around ten key points:

1. Vision (The GPS-HUD's vision and its alignment with Dwell's own vision)
2. Housing is a system (and needs a systems approach)
3. Partnering with the community housing sector
4. The potential of the community housing sector needs to be realised 
5. The missing middle (the intemediate, affordable housing market)
6. The right investment is needed (reliable funding policy)
7. Additional finance mechanisms 
8. Facilitate social enterprise in CHPs
9. Government housing policy (ever changing and inconsistent)
10. Effective and efficient housing policy.

More information can be found in our full submission. If you'd like to know more about the GPS-HUD then head to MHUD's website.