And, unlike a government agency, it is focused on the one task and has far fewer properties to worry about.
The organisation will have staff on the ground in Tauranga who will be able to deal with clients directly and make sure their specific needs are met.
On top of that, Accessible Properties plans to add at least 150 more houses to the current social housing stock - that is exactly what Tauranga needs.
It will be far easier for a private organisation to build more houses than it is for a government agency embroiled in bureaucracy.
Merivale School principal Jan Tinetti said she knew families who had been rehoused in other parts of the country and was concerned about how that would work if a provider was local not national.
She has a point, but I'm sure it can be worked out.
Ideally, families would not have to be uprooted and shifted to another part of the country. Hopefully the addition of an extra 150 homes will go some way to solving that and keeping people in Tauranga.
If it came down to it though, I'm sure Accessible Properties would be able to work in with the Government to find people a home elsewhere.
It seems to me the right provider, an organisation with a passion for the issue, could do a better job of filling the needs of the community than the Government has been doing.
There are bound to be some teething issues but it's worth a try at the very least.
