Councils and Community Organisations
Housing Innovation Fund for community groups
Housing Innovation Fund 2009/10
The Government has confirmed $20 million for the Housing Innovation Fund (HIF) in 2009/10. Of this, $15 million will be available under a general fund, while up to $5 million will be used for innovative housing solutions for Māori. These solutions will be developed in partnership with a small number of iwi and Māori organisations. This is known as the Māori Demonstration Partnerships project. See fact sheet for more details.
To get the most out of the money available through HIF in 2009/10, the eligibility criteria and administrative process have changed.
Funding will not be available for the modernisation of existing housing. Local authorities may still be considered for funding where there are no competitive submissions from a local community housing or iwi or Māori organisation. See the fact sheets on eligibility criteria for more details.
Next Steps
1. Submission process
Submissions have now closed for the Housing Innovation Fund. Nearly 50 applications were received, totally more than $74 million, were received by Housing New Zealand, of these 6 of the 16 MDP submissions have progressed to the next stage along with 13 of the 32 HIF applicants.
2. Short list process
Each submission was assessed against the five criteria outlined in the application documentation which were:
- Equity
- Contribution
- Core business
- Alignment of need
- Growth
The next stage in the process involves meeting with applicants to discuss their proposals in more detail including the scale of the project, readiness, resourcing, financial arrangements and so on.
Housing New Zealand is also working with those applicants which were turned down to look at other ways of progressing their proposed project
3. Contact details
If you would like further information about the new HIF process or the Māori Demonstration Partnerships project, please contact your local Delivery Manager. See contact details for more information.
