


			Exit This Story

QUEENSTOWN NEEDS 17,000 MORE HOMES BY 2053

Print Page

April, 2023

Queenstowns council estimates 17,000 more homes will be
needed over the next 30 years across the district but theyre
already banking on 7000 affordable homes not being delivered.
The councils draft joint housing action plan, or JHAP, is one of
six priorities for the Grow Well Whaiora Partnership and
Queenstown Lakes Spatial Plan.
A Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) staffer says it
was established for the Queenstown-Lakes in July, 2021, between
government, council and Ki Tahu.
Otago Regional Councils also involved.
Through the partnership, the government is enabling affordable
housing supply (in the right places) with a focus on priority
development areas.
This includes involvement in the masterplan for Ladies Mile,
providing for around 2500 new dwellings.
A cross-agency taskforce has been established to ensure quality
and integrated urban development with housing choice.
The spokesman says the governments also working with its Grow
Well Whaiora partners on a joint plan to address the challenges
in
the districts housing system thats the housing action plan,
developed by council, Kinga Ora, HUD, and Queenstown Lakes
Community Housing Trust.
A high-level update on that, presented to a Queenstown Business
Chamber of Commerce housing seminar on Tuesday, says the
district remains one of the most expensive places in New Zealand
to buy and rent a house, and the build costs here are 36% higher
than the national average.
With demand to double the existing housing stock by 2053, the
report says there is enough zoned land, and planned for zoning, to
meet the amount of housing, but the markets not delivering
affordable homes.
The focuses of the draft plan due to go out for consultation
next month include increasing provision of affordable housing,
influencing and incentivising its development, and finding
solutions to the rental shortage.
For its part, HUDs other initiatives in Queenstown include
partnering with Ngi Tahu Property on the Te P Thuna
development, supporting the housing trusts secure home
programme and its public housing portfolio, while its exploring
other opportunities to grow affordable and public housing
supply.

Source: Mountain Scene