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  • Next step in better housing outcomes for Tauranga

    Tenants in elder housing units in Tauranga are being welcomed to Kāinga Ora following completion of the purchase of most of Tauranga City Council’s elder housing portfolio. older buildings. While we don’t have any current plans, further down the track this will be a focus, to help address the strong need for housing in our fast

  • Kāinga Ora to deliver homes for older Aucklanders

    Kāinga Ora will deliver 52 new homes for older Aucklanders through a collaboration with Eke Panuku and Haumaru Housing. Crescent are just one of several apartment complexes Kāinga Ora is in the process of delivering specifically for older public housing customers. This is about

  • Delivering new and improved state housing

    Kāinga Ora is carrying out the biggest upgrade of state houses ever undertaken in New Zealand. After a period of significantly increasing our housing stock, we’re now focussing on improving the quality of our older homes throughout the country. We’re

  • Long term renewal plan for Ōrākei

    Over the next decade, some of our oldest social housing in Auckland will be replaced. The first Auckland state house was built in Ōrākei in 1937. Many of these older properties now need to be replaced with warm, and dry homes better suited to

  • New homes for New Plymouth

    To help meet the need for more homes for people in New Plymouth, Kāinga Ora is seeking feedback on proposals to build new state houses in New Plymouth. The proposals will be shared at a series of community drop-in sessions starting on Tuesday 21 February. redevelopment programme. This is where we remove older houses on our larger sections which are past their best, and replace them with a greater number of newly built

  • Senior housing design builds connection

    Kāinga Ora is playing its part in the regeneration of Avondale town centre by confirming its plans to build a new housing development for older people known as Highbury Triangle. specifically designed to meet the health, social, and wellbeing needs of our older tenants.” The development, which is located between Great North Road and

  • Celebrating new homes for seniors in Glen Eden

    Kāinga Ora and community housing provider Haumaru Housing have officially marked the completion of 41, one-bedroom homes in Glen Eden, designed for older people. growing population of older people in Tāmaki Makaurau, and with the rising cost of rents, the need for more homes such as these has never been more urgent

  • Tenants ‘feel blessed’ to be living in new Avondale development

    A two and a half-year project to create the country’s largest social housing development is complete, with the final 30 homes in the 236-home Avondale development now ready for tenants. Many of the tenants who will move into the newly completed homes in the fifth and final building in the Community Lane development will be older people or

  • Housing projects bring 143 new homes to Ōtāra and Papatoetoe

    Ōtāra and Papatoetoe have seen a wave of new social housing, with 143 new homes delivered since July – the largest build programme Ōtāra and Papatoetoe have seen in decades. community environment. The second largest development is a 28-unit complex designed specifically for older residents. This purpose-built complex features adaptable

  • New apartment complex for central Auckland suburb

    The Auckland suburb of Point Chevalier is about to welcome individuals and couples to a significant social housing development of 61 apartments. Designed for older people or those with health needs, the new one-bedroom units with accessible bathrooms will provide homes close to important amenities

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