State house owner and manager Housing New Zealand Corporation is working with businesses to develop 23,600 new Auckland residences on state-owned land, of which 11,000 will be new state houses and the rest affordable and free-market places.
In the most radical transformation of the city's state housing, HNZC's Auckland Housing Programme which began in June 2016 is a 10-year joint initiative between the state house provider and a subsidiary of HNZC - HLC (Homes. Land. Community.), a spokesperson for HNZC said.
Big projects are in high-needs areas of Northcote, Avondale, Mt Roskill and Mangere.
HLC was previously called the Hobsonville Land Company and is headed by Chris Aiken, whose work developing 4500 new residences for about 11,000 people Hobsonville has been lauded by Housing Minister Phil Twyford as a the best example of how state land can be used in new ways successfully to increase the city's housing supply.
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But Dougherty said the transformation was important.
The state house waiting list hit a four-year high in May.
He outlined the 10 largest site projects in Auckland at a fine-grain suburban level as:
• Great North Rd, Waterview where 20 state homes are being developed into 121 residences;
• Thom Street, New Lynn (13 are replaced by 82);