Government announces $50m social housing development in Waterview
A $50 million state housing project will see 120 homes built on crown land in Auckland's Waterview.
Minister for Building and Housing Nick Smith made the announcement on site at 1550 Great North Rd on Wednesday.
The site, originally owned by the New Zealand Transport Agency, became surplus to requirements for the Waterview tunnel project, and was bought by the government in May.
Smith said the project would see mixed accommodation, in the form of apartments and terraced housing and one, two and three-bedroom homes.
The land, currently occupied by the Hebron Mission Centre, is already considered a special housing area which Smith said will speed up consent processes.
A new social housing complex of 120 apartments is to be built on surplus Crown land and an adjoining Housing New Zealand site in Auckland in partnership with local iwi, Ministers Paula Bennett and Nick Smith have announced.
Housing New Zealand (HNZ) and development partners Ngāi Tai ki Tāmaki and Gemscott Resources Limited have signed a heads of agreement to develop the 12,010sq m site on Great North Rd in Waterview into one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. All the homes will be retained by HNZ for social housing.
“This is a great use of under-utilised land. The existing 20-unit HNZ complex at the site is coming to the end of its life but the site is large and in a great location. It is close to public transport, schools and parks,” Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says.