Nor'West News: January 28, 2021
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>28</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
1000 applicants waiting for housing in city<br />
• From page 1<br />
ŌCHT chief executive Cate<br />
Kearney said the trust aims to<br />
reduce homelessness in Christchurch<br />
with new homes that blend<br />
in with other modern, developments.<br />
“We’d really<br />
hope that<br />
communities<br />
understand<br />
that social and<br />
community<br />
housing is<br />
Cate Kearney<br />
needed more<br />
now than<br />
ever, and in all<br />
suburbs, especially as we see the<br />
impact of the housing shortage,<br />
high rentals and the lingering effects<br />
of the Covid-19 response on<br />
the number of people in need of a<br />
home,” she said.<br />
The Ministry of Social Development’s<br />
Social Housing Register<br />
routinely has more than 1000<br />
applicants waiting for housing in<br />
the Christchurch city area.<br />
ŌCHT commercial and development<br />
manager Ed Leeson said<br />
the new, two-storey units will be<br />
a home for a range of tenants,<br />
from single people to families.<br />
They will be designed to<br />
achieve the New Zealand Green<br />
Building Council’s Homestar 6<br />
rating, at a standard that is at or<br />
above those set in New Zealand<br />
building code.<br />
Modern materials, passive solar<br />
design and high-spec insulation<br />
will help make them homes that<br />
are environmentally sound and<br />
MODERN: The new housing<br />
complex will incorporate<br />
high-spec insulation<br />
that will make the units<br />
environmentally sound.<br />
Below – The former complex<br />
in Coles Pl that has now<br />
been demolished.<br />
cheaper to run, Leeson said.<br />
Outside the homes, the surrounding<br />
area includes landscaped<br />
communal green areas<br />
and gardens, roading and parking<br />
are designed for safety and<br />
people-friendly spaces.<br />
“This is going to be a<br />
lovely site with very attractive<br />
landscaping, green spaces, communal<br />
areas and fruit trees,” said<br />
Leeson.<br />
“It used to be home to old<br />
units that were past their usedby<br />
date. We plan to deliver new<br />
homes that enhance the best use<br />
of our land and wider community.”<br />
ŌCHT provided 59 new<br />
homes last year and will open<br />
another 30 when the first stage<br />
of the three stage, 90-home<br />
Brougham St development is<br />
officially opened tomorrow.<br />
“As a landlord, ŌCHT is<br />
all about providing warm, dry,<br />
safe and modern homes,” said<br />
Leeson.<br />
“But that is just part of the<br />
story – our leased homes have<br />
been part of Christchurch<br />
for 90 years and with our new<br />
homes we aspire to enhance the<br />
lives of our tenants and<br />
the community around them.”<br />
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