A report to a council meeting next week recommends the city buys two two-bedroom units for $690,000 in the High St co-housing project for use as social housing. Talks were also under way with "a local social housing provider" about the possibility of offering such accommodation to low-income families, she said. The arrangement would mean council staff would participate in co-operative meetings to make decisions on the running of the development. "It is a principle of co-housing developments that people living in the community are on board with the co-housing philosophy. "This would include an induction process for new tenants, including social housing tenants."

Source: Otago Daily Times November 11, 2016 17:10 UTC