Two high-profile Waikato business leaders are at the forefront of efforts to boost housing affordability as many in the region struggle to get on the property ladder. With home ownership rates dropping as low as 50% in Hamilton, following a three-decade slide, Simon...
An affordable housing initiative where buyers lease the land their homes are built on is being developed on Cambridge’s western fringe. In a Waikato-first, the Bridge Housing Charitable Trust is offering 21 homes for sale in the Peake Mews development under an...
In late 2021, the Waikato Region’s well known Brian Perry Charitable Trust (BPCT) launched Bridge Housing with the goal of helping tackle New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis. The data paints a staggering picture: New Zealand’s price to income ratio is running...