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Wednesday 15 March 2023
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Local Democracy Reporter
A local community housing provider has welcomed Nelson City Council’s move to open up the remainder of the funds in its Housing Reserve for applications. “I’m excited to know that the
housing reserve fund is formally opened,” says Nelson Tasman Housing Trust director Carrie Mozena. “We’ll be actively applying as soon and as often as we can.” The Housing Reserve originally held $12 million dollars from the council’s sale of 142 community
housing units to Kāinga Ora. Grants totalling $3.85 million have been allocated over the past year to both the Nelson Tasman Housing Trust and Habitat for Humanity Nelson, though some of those funds are contingent on the organisations securing additional funding from elsewhere.
This leaves $9.15 million in the Reserve which will now be made available to support and enable community housing providers and iwi trusts with a presence in Nelson to deliver an enduring supply of social and affordable housing in the city. Unlike the previous phases in
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the Housing Reserve, the grants can now also be used for land purchases rather than just construction costs, a “very helpful” change the Housing Trust had been advocating for during its consultation with council.
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Nathan Davis, 10, felt relief crossing the finish line of the Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon. Photo: Evan Barnes.
SARA HOLLYMAN When Nathan Davis thinks back over the past few years he remembers a time when he wasn’t allowed to swim, climb trees or do outdoor activities. The 10-year-old was diagnosed with epilepsy four years ago, after his family found him unconscious on the floor at home. “He’s had a pretty rough couple of years, the epilepsy came out of nowhere,” his mum Stacey says. The months that followed resulted in large seizures, which were eventually brought under control by medication. “After we found him unconscious, they found swelling on his brain which they think was caused by a flu he had. A couple of months later he started having seizures - his first one on New Year’s Day 2019.
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