Community Focused Affordable Housing Pilot Project

TUA co-created report on developing community-focused housing for Aotearoa, with Panuku as a local case study. 

The objective was to find a community-focused housing option that met the outcomes of perpetual affordability, housing choices, scalability and replicability, belonging and participation, demonstration of innovation and sustainability. 

The report demonstrates that Community-focused housing (CFH) should become a core component of strategies for neighbourhood regeneration to deliver quality and affordable housing. The commercial structure and finance security required are outlined within the report, with consideration and explanation on the various types of policies, private investment, public financing, and the nature of the Council/Crown partnership.

Six outcomes were considered in Panuku’s Indicative Business Case with five of those options being considered as to having meet all objectives as agreed with Panuku. These options aim to serve low- to moderate-income earners who are generally essential workers and included:

• Tower development(10-storey) with unit title ownership and land included in purchase price. 
• Tower development (10-storey) with cooperative ownership, and land in a Community Land Trust. 
• Three-storey development with unit title ownership and land included in the purchase price. 
• Three-storey development with unit title ownership, with the land in a Community Land Trust. 
• Three-storey development with cooperative ownership, with the land in a Community Land Trust.