Compass Housing Services is excited to move into Whanganui and support tenants in a new housing development in Victoria Ave, general manager Dr Bernadette Pinnell says.
The development on the site of the former Midtown Motor Inn is a combined effort by Soho Group (a subsidiary of Wallace Development Company), the Ministry of Social Development (MSD), the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Compass.
Soho will continue to own the 26 units and Compass will manage them.
Tenants are expected to move into their accommodation in November, and be settled by Christmas. The units will suit a range of people - older, single, couples and families with children - and vary from one-bedroom to three-bedroom. Each has on-site parking and a private open space. The complex also has a shared laundry.
Tenants will be people on MSD's social housing register. They will pay 25 per cent of their benefit in rent - a standard amount across all New Zealand social housing. They and their support people will be able to decide whether the accommodation meets their needs.