in Tūrangi
An iwi-led housing initiative in Tūrangi has opened its first five affordable rental homes designed to help reduce the effects of the housing crisis on its people.
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On Wednesday, a Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust subsidiary, He Iwi Kāinga, opened five of 14 new homes planned for a strip of land between Te Iwiheke Pl and Maria Pl.
Tūwharetoa Settlement Trust chairperson Rakeipoho Taiaroa said the trust was proud of the efforts He Iwi Kāinga had put into its housing strategy for the benefit of the iwi.
The homes, built on Ngāti Tūrangitukua ancestral land in the Tūrangi rohe, would also be used as stepping stones to home ownership.
Link to article: Tūwharetoa opens its first five affordable homes in Tūrangi | Stuff.co.nz
