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[ad_1] Tenants of a new community housing development in south Christchurch are set to benefit from an innovative onsite e-bike and electric car share scheme. The Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) is going to offer tenants at its new 90-home Brougham Street development in Sydenham access to two Nissan Leaf cars and five electric bikes in…
[ad_1] Moves are under way to deliver free internet access to Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) tenants. Christchurch fibre company Enable has formed a 10-year partnership with the housing provider to “eliminate digital inequity”. More than 60 per cent of the ŌCHT tenants are not connected to the internet at home, missing out on many benefits…
[ad_1] Mayor Lianne Dalziel has opened the first stage of a new community housing development in Sydenham. Korimako Lane has 28 new Homestar 7 homes and is part of a 90 home community housing complex that the Ōtautahi Community Trust (OCHT) is building on the old Brougham Village site in Sydenham where 98 homes were…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council has adopted a new strategy for community housing in the city following public feedback. The new Community Housing Strategy 2021-2031 replaces the Council’s former Social Housing Strategy to reflect a wider mix of housing types and financial options for people, such as assisted rentals, assisted ownership, and affordable housing. The Council…
[ad_1] Work is under way to upgrade a number of social housing units in Christchurch with special types of insulation. The work is part of a joint initiative between Christchurch City Council and the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) to improve living conditions for tenants in line with the Government’s Healthy Homes Standards. Combined, the…
[ad_1] Social housing is returning to the east for the first time since the earthquakes, with 19 new homes providing relief to residents in need. The Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) is behind the new community housing complex – called Reg Stillwell Place – on Palmers Road in New Brighton. It will be officially opened…
[ad_1] Christchurch City Council’s Draft Community Housing Strategy is now open for public feedback. Residents can have their say on the draft strategy until 16 November 2020. Give your feedback on the draft Community Housing Strategy. The Council is proposing changing its current Social Housing Strategy to reflect a wider mix of housing types and…
[ad_1] By the end of this month nearly all tenants living in Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) homes will have heat pumps to keep themselves warm. A five-month-long project to install heat pumps in nearly all of ŌCHT community housing is on target to wrap up next week. The heat pump installation work is part…
[ad_1] A new community housing complex featuring energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly homes has been officially opened in St Martins by Housing Minister Megan Woods and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel. The complex, in Tiwaiwaka Lane (previously Cresselly Place), has been developed by the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) and consists of 28 one and two-bedroom homes. The…