Opportunity for big end of town in KiwiBuild's 'build-to-rent' initiative

Opportunity for big end of town in KiwiBuild's 'build-to-rent' initiative
Pattrick Smellie
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 4 (BusinessDesk) - Large-scale institutional investors and infrastructure developers will be eligible to propose 'build-to-rent' developments under one of the new elements of the revamped KiwiBuild scheme, announced by Housing Minister Megan Woods today. Woods confirmed after her press conference announcing the long-awaited KiwiBuild 'reset' that such projects were likely to be high density, urban developments and that there could eventually be a rent-to-own option that could see a mixture of rented and owner-occ...

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