Housing New Zealand appears to have partly backtracked on a plan to sell 30 state houses in Mosgiel. "There wasn’t demand for [the remaining properties]," an HNZ spokesman had said. Methodist Mission chief executive Laura Black, of Dunedin, said the partial backtrack probably reflected a recent change at a national level prompted by the housing crisis. "Hopefully this is part of the Government’s new social housing initiatives ... we look forward to seeing what this new flexibility can do in terms of meeting the needs of people in Dunedin who are struggling for housing." Housing was becoming increasingly unaffordable in Dunedin during a time of global economic uncertainty, Ms Black said.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 18, 2016 17:07 UTC