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Council looks for community housing partner

Matthew Martin
By Matthew Martin
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7 Dec, 2016 05:00 PM3 mins to read

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Rawhiti Flats on Miller St are just some of the council's 152 pensioner housing units in Rotorua.

Rawhiti Flats on Miller St are just some of the council's 152 pensioner housing units in Rotorua.

The Rotorua Lakes Council is on the hunt for partners in an effort to improve pensioner and community housing in the district.

Councillors will meet today to discuss a proposal to form a Community Housing Provider Trust that would "provide an avenue to finance and increase the number and quality of social housing for older people in Rotorua" at a meeting of the council's Strategy, Policy and Finance Committee.

According to an agenda report, the council provides 152 housing units in five locations for older people who meet age, income, asset and independent living criteria for pensioner housing.

"But local government is not eligible to be a community house provider which means tenants cannot access the income related rent subsidy," the report stated.

"Partnering with other organisations to form a community housing provider trust would provide options to finance and increase quality social housing for older people in Rotorua."

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The committee will be asked to recommend the council investigate and develop a business case for establishing a community housing trust, noting that any resulting proposal may require wider community consultation.

The council's pensioner units are in Ngongotaha, Fenton Park, Glenholme and Westbrook and are worth slightly less than $10 million.

A large number of those units are bedsits with the remainder one-bedroom units.

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Each unit has its own kitchen and bathroom facility and all are fitted with smoke alarms.

According to the report the council has already canvassed views from a range of organisations, including Te Tatau o Te Arawa, Pukeroa Oruawhata Trust, Ngati Whakaue Tribal Lands Incorporation, Ministry of Social Development, Te Arawa Whanau Ora, real estate and property investors and non-government organisations.

The council would not respond to questions about whether any of those organisations had expressed interest in a housing partnership, saying staff would not comment until after the issue had been discussed by councillors.

But, the report also stated "a contractor recently engaged on our behalf met with a number of potential partners including iwi trusts, who indicated strong interest in a partnership approach".

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"If council were to partner with other organisations to form a Community Housing Provider status Trust, this would provide an avenue to finance and increase the number and quality of social housing for older people in Rotorua.

"Such a trust could potentially umbrella further social housing collaborative work," the report stated.

The meeting starts at 9.30am in the council chamber and is open to the public.

Council-owned community pensioner housing in Rotorua
- 66 flats in Lucas Pl
- 62 flats in the Rawhiti complex off Miller St
- 4 flats on Osiris St
- 2 flats on Thebes St
- 3 flats on Pharaoh St
- 8 flats on Dawson Dr
- 7 flats on Domain Ave

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