Seventeen temporary houses are sitting empty at a suburban Christchurch park while the need for social housing in the city skyrockets. The houses in Linwood Park are owned by the Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT), which says government legislation is preventing it from renting the homes for social housing before they are removed permanently. Forty-two homes were put on Linwood Park after the February 2011 earthquake to house quake refugees. Are you on the waitlist to get social housing in Christchurch? Email Tina.Law@stuff.co.nzJOSEPH JOHNSON/STUFF Seventeen homes at Linwood Park are unoccupied as 829 people are on a Ministry of Social Development waiting list for a social house in Christchurch.

Source: Stuff June 05, 2019 17:11 UTC