‘Affordable housing is not a pipe dream’: How some developers are making a difference

Abstract

The concept of affordable housing has changed significantly since the uniform state houses of the 1950s and ‘60s.

These days, many social houses are deliberately indistinguishable from their KiwiBuild scheme counterparts, which are aimed at helping first home-buyers into a challenging housing market.

The author, Mikalea Wilkes sat down with some of the people behind award-winning developments to talk about why an affordable and appealing home doesn’t have to be a pipe dream.

The article provides access to videos of a range of stakeholders in the mixed tenure, shared equity affordable housing developments.