Moves are under way to deliver free internet access to Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (ŌCHT) tenants.
Ninety new social housing units will be built on the old Brougham Village site in Sydenham by the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT).
Mayor Lianne Dalziel has opened the first stage of a new community housing development in Sydenham.
Christchurch City Council has agreed to a rates-neutral loan of up to $25 million to support the building of 85 new social housing units and to kick-start the planning of 54 more.
Heat pumps will be installed in hundreds of social housing units across the city over the coming months as part of a major initiative to improve conditions for tenants.
Christchurch City Council’s Draft Community Housing Strategy is now open for public feedback.
Work is under way to upgrade a number of social housing units in Christchurch with special types of insulation.
A report outlining options for fast-tracking upgrades to some of the city’s older social housing units will be considered by Christchurch City Council tomorrow.
The Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust has opened its first new social housing complex in Louisson Place in Opawa, Christchurch.
The old heater in Lance Cox’s social housing unit chewed through power and was costly to run, so even when it was bitterly cold he would turn it off.