Frequently Asked Questions
QLCHT is a community owned, not-for-profit organisation that provides secure and affordable housing to those living in the Queenstown Lakes District.
As a registered Community Housing Provider, QLCHT operates within the requirements of the Community Housing Regulatory Authority.
We are very fortunate to have the support of our local council, developers and central Government. QLCHT receives land contributions from developers through an inclusionary housing process, as developers seek to upzone their land for residential housing. QLDC facilitates this process on behalf of the community.
We have also purchased homes on the open market. In 2021, we purchased 50 one-bedroom and two-bedroom units in the Toru apartments, and provided them to our community as rentals and for purchase through our assisted ownership programme, Secure Home.
We also receive funding for various programmes and projects from the New Zealand Government via the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.
You can learn more here about our supporters and funders.
QLCHT currently offers one assisted ownership programme, called Secure Home. It's an affordable, assisted ownership based on a leasehold type model, whereby you purchase the building, but not the land, with a 100-year lease registered in your name.
You can learn more here about our Secure Home programme here, including an indication of cost.
We are accountable to many groups of people and organisations. Our community, those in our homes, local Council, central Government, our financiers and funders, our governing body, the Community Housing Regulatory Authority, our wider sector and peak body, Community Housing Aotearoa.
