Affordable Housing

The Council has recognised that housing affordability is a serious issue for the economic and social well-being of the District.  

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has been formed to deliver affordable housing to the Queenstown Lakes District.

HOPE (Housing Our People in our Environment) Strategy

The blueprint for the Council's work on affordable housing is the Housing our People in our Environment Strategy, adopted in 2005.  The HOPE Strategy was then updated in 2007 to more clearly define an overall goal and to include policy on issues like design, eligibility and legal mechanisms to secure affordable housing in the future.

Volume one - The Strategy

>> HOPE Strategy 2005  (pdf 353kb)

Volume two (new) - The Guidelines

>> Purpose of the guidelines  (pdf 89.3kb)
>> Part A - Applicant eligibility criteria  (pdf 385kb)
>> Part B - Guidelines for development  (pdf 931kb)
>> Part C - Retention mechanisms (pdf 332kb)
>> Part D - Affordable and community housing - Demand, allocation and implementation report (pdf 1.15mb)
>> Part E - Methodology for Affordable Housing - Impact and mitigation statement (pdf 283kb)
>> Part F - Definitions (pdf 242kb)

Progress made on the HOPE Strategy so far

The strategy set a list of 32 actions that the Council is working to achieve.

>> Progress towards the HOPE Strategy actions May 2008 (pdf 65.7kb)
>> Progress towards the HOPE Strategy actions April 2007 (pdf 41.7kb)

Memorandum of Understanding with Housing New Zealand

On 14 September 2006, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the Council and Housing New Zealand.  This paved the way for the Council and Community Housing Trust to deliver joint programmes in the future.