Progress of Nelson SHAs slow but steadyMARTIN DE RUYTER Construction is underway on the apartments at Betts Corner in Nelson's CBD. Since Nelson signed on to the National government's Special Housing Accord in 2015, 37 special housing areas (SHAs) have been given Nelson City Council approval. Nelson City Council's city development team leader Lisa Gibellini said the Nelson Tasman Housing project at Orchard St was the only SHA that was finished and had people living in it. "These projects don't get built in six months, these are projects that take six to 12 months to design after resource consent. The SHA process had taken what could be an expensive process under a notified consent under the RMA and made it much more streamlined, he said.

Source: Stuff January 07, 2018 18:11 UTC