Steve Temple, a Wakatipu High School English teacher, created a bit of housing history today when he got the keys to an entirely new type of house. He will own the house, but not the land.
The novel ownership idea came out of Mayor Jim Boult’s Housing Task Force, with some help from SBS Bank who are providing mortgages on the new houses, secured by the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust’s ownership of the land.
The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (QLCHT) has managed to replace a strong outgoing Chair with an equally strong new Chair.
Well respected finance man Martin Hawes is stepping down and moving out of the district, being replaced by Andrew Blair, a very influential player in the health sector. Blair is also a key player in the soon to be announced new district hospital.
Midst a health crisis, it’s apt foundation works on Queenstown’s first surgical hospital started this week.
The $20 million-plus hospital’s being built next to the Queenstown Country Club by the retirement village’s original developer, Sanderson Group.
Despite a slight delay to allow for the start of Alert Level 3, project head Andrew Blair says the completion date, late next year, stands intact.
Plans are well advanced for an independent hospital for Queenstown – and those behind it are not looking for any national funding…
The project consultant for a proposed independent hospital in Queenstown says the joint venture partners are making good progress on design and specs.
Two Wellington region DHBs will have one boss to run both.
Capital & Coast (CCDHB) and Hutt Valley (HVDHB) district health boards have confirmed they will appoint a joint chief executive to run operations.