3-AD006.00 ENGAGEMENT OUTCOMES PROPOSED WAIHI NORTH PROJECT OceanaGold New Zealand Limited WSP April 2022 51 GROUP SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS IDENTIFIED • Lack of accommodation. Those with good incomes will take precedence over those who are less advantaged which has the risk of pushing these people to the back of a housing queue, where housing is already a major issue. Council should be looking at land availability and providing infrastructure. Speed on this is a key issue. Should be looking to work with groups such as Habitat for Humanity. 7.4 HOUSING AND ACCOMMODATION Table 47: Housing and Accommodation Interview Results GROUP SUMMARY OF ENGAGEMENT- POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS IDENTIFIED Housing and Accommodation Kāinga Ora Main issues for housing provision are: • Increasing gap between housing cost and income levels • Housing supply • Infrastructure limitations in Hauraki District • Kāinga Ora is working with Hauraki DC to determine priority areas for residential development. Hauraki is challenged as there are multiple small centres, geographically spread, where there is a demand Paeroa, Waihi, Ngatea, Kerepehi, etc. There is a need to work with Council to prioritise/reprioritise infrastructure investment. Main infrastructure issues are around 3 Waters with wastewater being a prime factor in Paeroa. Ngatea affected by flood hazards. • WBOP is looking at intensifying around Katikati and Omokoroa. There is a large farm within town boundaries of Katikati that is zoned residential. Real Estate Agents The emerging themes from the Real Estate interviews were the following: • High buyer demand but low housing stock in the local area, particularly in Waihi. Residential listings down 64% from August 2020 to August 2021. A number of agents have no houses to list. • Shortage of subdivisions. Some subdivided parcels came to the market about five years ago, but supply has been scarce since.
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