Great to read that the Palmerston North City Council intends to increase its pensioner housing by the construction of another 30 units,starting next year,lets hope it happens as they will be needed.So good on the Palmerston North City Council for leading the way forward in setting standards for house building.
Down the road in Levin it is a very different story,the Horowhenua District Council have sold their pensioner housing to The Sisters of Compassion and an investment firm,Willis Bond.The good sisters and an investment is a strange mix,investment firms are profit driven not community driven.
It will be interesting to follow the outcome of this sale,lets trust that the tenants will still be able to stay in their homes and that the rents remain stable and affordable.
It is plain to see that the local councillors understand and retain almost nothing on the impact their decision to sell has on the elderly and low income tenants.The infighting at the council table has to stop, all it has created is a culture of not paying attention to their most vunerable residents,who require councillors with conviction not ego's.
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