Government makes a start on housing

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Housing Minister Dr Megan Woods.

Housing Minister Megan Woods says with 7000 public houses and 5414 new builds in the pipeline under various housing initiatives, the Government is on track to deliver more than 18,000 public and transitional houses within the next three years.

She says government commitment to ensuring more New Zealanders have warm, dry, healthy homes is paying off in Auckland, where she recently opened a 167-unit apartment block in Glen Eden and 83 transitional homes in Otahuhu.

In Glen Eden, three different types of housing have been delivered in the Westlight apartment complex, made up of 90 public housing two and four-bedroom units, 34 one-bedroom and two-bedroom KiwiBuild homes, and 43 private apartments.

It is also close to schools, public transport, the town centre, and a busy main street.

The Ted Mason Foundation provided the capital to build the Westlight Apartments and partnered with community housing provider Compass Housing. 

Meanwhile 83 one bedroom-and two-bedroom new builds, split across two buildings on Atkinson Avenue in Otahuhu are, they say, showcasing the Government’s continued commitment to building more transitional homes under the Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan.

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