Guiding whānau towards affordable homeownership
This is our first research update from the Affordable Alternative Housing Tenure Pathways project, investigating participant experiences of affordable housing and progressive home ownership programmes such as rent-to-buy, shared equity and community land trusts. It provides a preliminary look at the data from the interviews conducted with Māori whānau and focusses on insights into whanau experiences as part of both formal and informal AAHT pathways. A key takeaway was the transformative power of support and guidance. Participants shared how “having someone in your corner” such as a financial adviser or mentor was a crucial turning point that helped to make “impossible things possible.” when pursuing homeownership. In August, we’ll release our Research Update 2, which will provide broader findings from all participants from collaborating AAHT providers.
Read the full update here.
The research was funded by the BRANZ Research Levy and was conducted by Dr Simon Opit and Karen Witten in collaboration with Dr James Berghan, Els Russell and Ian Mitchell.