Media Release
13 June 2006
Housing for the Elderly in safe hands under draft Council plan
Ensuring Manukau elderly residents can continue to live independently is still a priority on Manukau City Council’s
agenda.
Despite discussions last week over a proposed sale of Housing for the Elderly homes to Housing New Zealand for a nominal
one dollar, the Council has indicated its continued commitment to Housing for Elderly in the City as part of the Long
Term Council Community Plan process.
Councillor Neil Morrison proposed the sale during the Council Plan Committee meeting on Wednesday 7 June and gained
enough votes from fellow councillors to carry the proposal, which would then have gone forward to full Council for the
final decision.
However, the proposal has since been rescinded. Instead, as proposed in the draft Plan, Council is set to award funding
for the refurbishment or redevelopment of the majority of the Housing for the Elderly units by 2012.
Ian Maxwell, Director Community, says:
“Council remains committed to its Housing for the Elderly programme. During the past few months we have worked closely
with tenants and staff to develop a proposal to update and improve 15 of our 17 complexes, which were built in the 1960s
and 70s and are not up to today’s standards. We anticipate that the proposal will be supported by Council and awarded
funding in this year’s Long Term Council Community Plan.”
ENDS