The Crown agency charged with providing public housing has announced work starts this week in Thames on eight new Kāinga Ora homes, to help meet the need for public housing in Hauraki-Coromandel, where demand outstrips supply.
The two and three-bedroom single-storey homes were expected to be completed early next year and supplied as rental properties to those who meet eligibility requirements after consultation with Work and Income New Zealand.
Tracy Buckland, senior communications advisor for Kāinga Ora, told the Hauraki-Coromandel Post that deciding what applicants get allocated a home is determined by whether they are a “good fit for the property, whether it is close to schooling and work and their community connections.”
According to their website, Kāinga Ora says their new homes will be “modern, attractive and easy to maintain, accommodating both families and individuals. They will be carpeted, insulated and double-glazed with thermal curtains. The homes would be sited on landscaped sections with private outdoor living areas, including parking”.
“At 110-112 Harvey Crescent in Thames, four two-bedroom homes will replace two houses, while at adjoining sections at 736 Mount Pleasant Road and 125 Harvey Crescent two two-bedroom and two three-bedroom homes will replace two existing houses, with all four current houses built in the early 1960s,” said the agency.