PHOTO: DEBBIE JAMIESON/STUFF Ngāi Tahu Property chief executive David Kennedy, Ngāi Tahu Kaiwhakahaere Lisa Tumahai, Housing Minister Megan Woods and Queenstown Lakes mayor Jim Boult at the former Wakatipu High School site in Queenstown where a 350-home development is to be built.
KiwiBuild will create affordable housing for some people in Queenstown, but they need to be cheaper if they are to be within the reach of many workers in the resort, the mayor says.
Housing Minister Megan Woods was at the former Wakatipu High School site on Wednesday to formalise the Government’s agreement to build 105 KiwiBuild homes within a 350-home Ngāi Tahu development there.
KiwiBuild homes are available to first-home buyers in the area and will cost no more than $650,000 each, substantially less than the region’s average house price of $1.2 million.
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