Dunedin city councillor Aaron Hawkins welcomes attendees to the Mayor's Taskforce on Housing summit, on the issues facing Dunedin's housing market yesterday. About 120 people attended a housing summit organised by the Dunedin City Council and the Mayor's Taskforce on Housing in Dunedin yesterday. Speakers included representatives from the city council, community housing providers, Ngai Tahu and central government, Otago Chamber of the University of Otago. The housing summit was just the start of the process for improving housing. Salvation Army social housing national director Greg Foster said there were a lot of opportunities for housing organisations and others to collaborate with councils and the government to develop social housing.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 28, 2019 15:45 UTC