Focus: Christchurch church buys back social units sold decades ago

Name: Focus: Christchurch church buys back social units sold decades ago
Uploaded: 2020-10-26T14:30:19+13:00
Description: Concerns over a lack of social housing in New Zealand has inspired a Christchurch church to buy back homes sold to the city council 50 years ago.

26 Oct, 2020 01:30 AM

Concerns over a lack of social housing in New Zealand has inspired a Christchurch church to buy back homes sold to the city council 50 years ago.

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