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6.5.2 Permanently Affordable Housing
- Project Details: (Whaingaroa - Raglan)

Description:

In 2004 Sandy Bishop and Rhea Miler from Lopez Island in Washington State attended a Tipu Ake Retreat and were later visted by Earl, Claud and James from our community and Randal from Hokianga who saw their affordable housing projects. Theirs is an island where the land is being bought by the rich and famous with the result that ordinary people like teachers and tradesmen can no longer afford properties there. They have set up a Community Land Trust to build and provide an alternative that is permanently affordable for residents.

In March 2007 Nancy de Vaux who runs the Housing Trust on the San Juan island (next door to Lopez) was NZ, so we were able to have her visit Te Whaiti 21st March and Raglan 22-March for public meetings to share their experiences.

It seems that in Minginui Village, since the land itself is already owned by the Ngati Whare Trust, a framework may already be in place that could help protect the residents from external market demand that would otherwise tempt community members to sell up their houses to outside purchasers and in doing so lose their ability as Ngati Whare iwi to live on their homeland.

Community Land Trust learning it seems may be useful for those iwi, hapu and whanau looking to establish papakainga housing projects. Rau Hoskins (who led the UNITEC architectural student concept design project for Minginui) and the team at Designtribe architects in Auckland are active in this area.

The meeting in Raglan found that the situation there was moving in the same direction as did Lopez, so a group was formed to investigate options for countering the escalation in house / land prices. John Lawson, Malibu Hamilton and other members of the Whaingaroa Environment Defence group (WED) initially coordinating that and a workshop was planned for 8th July 2007. The Whaingaroa affordable Housing Trust (WAHT) has been formed to take this forward.

A DVD filmed at at the meeting at Raglan together with a DVD from the Lopez Housing Trust is available at the Kokiri Centre Minginui, the Whaingaroa Environment Centre in Raglan, Hokianga Harbourcare in Whirinaki Northland, the Taonga Tuku Iho Trust in Ruatoria and the Ngati Whatua Corporate office in Auckland

In July 2008 Randal Stensness returned to Lopez for a six week Internship with the Community Housing Trust where he worked with many other international volunteers, picking up design and sustainable building skills.

In Oct 2008, three people on a Maori Hikoi to the Bioneers Conference (see report) were able to visit Lopez, particularly Bernadette Papa who works on the Ngati Whatua restoration and iwi housing projects at Orakei (Bastion Point) , Simon Ngawhika who works with TPK in Wellington, and Shona Sam a Research student from Lincoln, Christchurch.

Web Links:

Raglan Chronicle April 1 page 3 article http://www.raglanchronicle.co.nz/pdf/apr1.pdf

Whaingaroa Affordable Housing Trust Feasibility report completed Apr 09 Get a copy here

Burlington Associates www.burlingtonassociates.com
some world leading resources for Community Land Trusts etc including:

Starting a Community Land Trust

Download: FREE

This introductory manual describes the choices that every sponsor of a new community land trust must make. It presents the range of options for making each decision and reviews the pros and cons that should be weighed in selecting one course of action over another. These are choices of purpose, program, and scope that precede more technical deliberations over bylaws, ground lease, resale formula, and the like. Topics covered in this book include: characteristics of the “classic” model and its many variations, the rationale for supporting a CLT, the choice of sponsor and service area, strategies for educating and organizing core constituencies, and options for funding the CLT’s projects and operations. Extra attention is given to five “special topics”: the type and tenure of housing developed by a CLT, condominiums, governance, donations of land and buildings, and property taxes.

Starting a CLT Media Kit - CD ROM

Disc: $24.00

This Mulitmedia Kit contains handouts and animated presentations designed to help organizers build support for a Community Land Trust

 

Outcomes expected:

Affordable Housing in communities subject to high market pressures.

Start Date:
Expected Completion:

Budget:

Nominal Project Leader: (Raglan Contact)

John Lawson Whaingaroa Enviroment Centre

Project Team:

Issues Register:

Progress Log

NOTICES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:

Our gift to you - download Free Whirinaki Matariki Wall Calendar

What Andree a sustainability writer discovered about Kaitiakitanga

Coming Easter 2010 Biomimicry Exploration - Norbert Hoeller, Auckland
David Bellamy - Moa's Ark revisited tour Whirinaki 25 4-10 Oct 09
The Maori Youth Hikoi to Bioneers Conference, San Francisco 16 Oct 08
VIDEO "Redesigning our Future" - Youth Forum with Michael Braungart

Papakainga Development - Matekuare Whanau Project underway
Minginui Community Gardening - underway thanks to Community Max
Whirinaki Ecological Technology (We-tech) Our pest control innovation

Check out our school's Energy Monitoring / Weatherstation project
Our drama production, kapakaka and other creative initiatives


Ngati Whare Iwi Treaty Settlement signed, incl partnership with DOC
WEMZ - The Whirinaki Ecological Restoration Zone - a project with DOC
DOC partnerships information kiosk, Mangamate, Sanctuary(proposed)
Take a photo tour through our valley see restoration work needed
Ready to start - our Whirinaki Centre, Nursery and Recycling Projects
Our project to upgrade our water supply in Minginui Mar 07
Thanks TPK for facilitating Govt support for Minginui initiatives
Our network's submission to govt on Rural Community Opportunities

Toxin Bioremediation Project started in Whakatane May 09
Celebrate what our friends at Hokianga Harbourcare are doing
Our Network's Mycorestoration Research Project - Fungi and mushroom
Our Lopez friends help Raglan with an affordable housing project

Thanks MfE for a big toxin cleanup on our millsites - July 07
Blocked - our Community Digital Strategy - Whirinaki Interactive 12/06
Prince Andrew adopts our Kiwi, Princess Beatrice on Mokoia Is Mar 07
Our network on the Kiwi Youth Voice learning journey to US. Mar 07
Our network at Youth Voice Digital Earth Summit on Sustainbility Aug 06
We welcomed Hunter Lovins 7-9 July 06, VIDEO view NZ tour resources
Thanks Waikato University for help with broadband 05
Thanks Housing Corp, house painting and marae restoration teams
Go Tramping in Whirinaki. See Kaka, Kiwi, Weka, Robin, Blueduck
Report Living Organisation workshops. Tipu Ake presented worldwide 05
Report Hikoi to Indigenous Knowledges Conf , Well, NZ. June 05
Thanks to UNITEC Architecture Students for help with town plans 04
Report on Sustainable Resources Conf, Colorado 04
Report on PMI Global Forum, Los Angeles Tipu Ake paper 04
Report on Sharing Indigenous Wisdom Conf, Wisconsin, June 04
Int and local visitors attend Tipu Ake Retreat March 04 See report
MPs Horomia and Mallard open our new merged area school Jan 04
Trip to Whaingaroa Env Gp Raglan, Jan04 learnings, VIDEO view