The Waiheke Community Housing Trust held a hui at the Waiheke Bowling Club last Wednesday 23 July focused on a ‘no-brainer,’ ‘pragmatic’ solution to the island’s housing crisis.
The housing trust’s Damian Sycamore says the island has long grappled with a critical shortage of one- and two-bedroom long-term rentals. At the same time hundreds of dwellings that size are locked into short-term visitor accommodation – since that was what they were consented as.
• Paul Mitchell
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