The Tauranga City Council is pursuing a recommendation to either sell or turn over management of its portfolio of pensioner villages to a community housing provider.
At a meeting of the Community and Culture Committee today, councillors voted unanimously to further investigate two of the options put forward in the New Zealand Housing Foundation's review of the council's elder housing.
A working group will look further into the two options and will present findings to the committee in October.
The council would decide which option to continue with in November and enter into a public consultation process as part of the Long Term Plan discussions early next year. A final decision was expected June next year.
At the meeting Mayor Greg Brownless said he liked the idea of the council retaining some form of ownership over the villages.