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Social housing insulation upgrades under way
Social housing | 16 Dec 2020Work is under way to upgrade a number of social housing units in Christchurch with special types of insulation.
New social housing complex for New Brighton
Social housing | 26 Nov 2020Social housing is returning to the east for the first time since the earthquakes, with 19 new homes providing relief to residents in need.
Draft housing strategy open for public feedback
Social housing | 19 Oct 2020Christchurch City Council’s Draft Community Housing Strategy is now open for public feedback.
Heat pump work powers down
Social housing | 22 Jul 2020By the end of this month nearly all tenants living in Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) homes will have heat pumps to keep themselves warm.
'Green’ homes in new St Martins housing complex
Social housing | 3 Jul 2020A new community housing complex featuring energy-efficient and environmentally-friendly homes has been officially opened in St Martins by Housing Minister Megan Woods and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
Funding boost for social housing in Christchurch
Social housing | 23 Apr 2020Christchurch 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.
Warm and Dry programme to resume
Social housing | 22 Apr 2020A programme to install heat pumps in hundreds of social housing homes around Christchurch will resume under Alert Level 3.
Housing tenant stoked with new heat pump
Social housing | 10 Mar 2020The 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.
New social housing complex for Brougham Street
Social housing | 27 Jan 2020Ninety new social housing units will be built on the old Brougham Village site in Sydenham by the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT).
Push on to install heat pumps for winter
Social housing | 24 Jan 2020Heat 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.
Linwood Park temporary housing on the move
Social housing | 5 Dec 2019The temporary housing erected on Linwood Park after the earthquakes will start to be removed in February.
Council fast-tracks social housing upgrades
Social housing | 12 Sep 2019Christchurch City Council will borrow $10 million so it can fast-track work on making its social housing units warmer and drier.
Christchurch's social housing: The quality v quantity conundrum
Social housing | 10 Sep 2019Christchurch City Council is working on making its social housing units warmer and drier but there are challenges in maintaining the second largest housing stock in the country. Council Head of Facilities, Property and Planning Bruce Rendall explains.
Council considering fast-tracking upgrades on social housing units
Social housing | 21 Aug 2019A 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.
Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust opens new social housing complex in Opawa
Social housing | 31 Jan 2019The Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust has opened its first new social housing complex in Louisson Place in Opawa, Christchurch.