Response: | ​Manawatū Community Trust is a Council Controlled
Organisation (CCO) which holds the housing stock on behalf of Manawatū District
Council. Housing Section  - Manawatū
District Council housing stock (number of complexes and number of units owned) 
- 15 Complexes and 205 units owned
- Manawatū
District Council housing stock typology/configuration (number of
bedrooms)
- 204 one bedroom units and 1 two bedroom unit  
- Approximate
age of units  
1950s x 22 1960s x 56 1970s x 57 1980s x 48 1990s x 22
- Condition
of units (e.g., percentage meeting healthy homes criteria, any recent or
planned major refurbishments)  
- Approximately 70% of units meet healthy homes criteria, all will
be compliant by June 2024
- Approximately 10 refurbishments will be completed by June
2023
- Accessibility
of units (e.g., do they have accessibility features for elderly / disabled
tenants like step free access, wider doorways etc. Do any units meet universal
design standards) 
- One custom renovation to universal designs standards   
- Ownership
and/or management of housing (with CHPs or MÄori/iwi/hapÅ« housing) 
- If
working in partnership - what is your role? 
- 100% MCT owned and tenancy services are provided by MCT  
Policy Section 
- Summary
of rent policy, how are you calculating rent (is the rent set based on market
rent or something else, is your rent policy being implemented or are there
other considerations like affordability) 
- (gross superannuation and accommodation supplement) x 30%
Tenants Section  
- Tenant
profile (demographic of tenants: age, ethnicity, income range, gender)
- 14% supported living (under 65 years)
- 86% pensioners
- 117 female
- 91 male
6 x 40-50
years 12 x 50-60
years 56 x 60-70
years 76 x 70-80
years 38 x 80-90
years 5 x 90-100
years
- Income and ethnicity not recorded.   
- What
category do tenants fall under (Pensioner, benefit, working, family) 
- Employment status is not recorded
- No families
- 14% supported living beneficiaries
- If
families, what do they look like (number of children, solo parents) 
- How are tenants selected  
- Assets under 80k, pensioner or on a supported living benefit,
need based, ability to live independently, fit with other residents.
- What
services are being provided to tenants 
- Tenancy services  
Finance Section (Optional Questions) 
- How
is CH funded (how much rate funding, how much borrowing) 
- Tenant rental income. No rate payer funding. Debt of
$6.1million
- Are
you operating at a surplus or deficit
- Cost
of maintenance of stock  
- Approximately 650k per year   
Future Plans Section 
- How
do you see your housing role, and what strategic plans you have in relation to
housing 
- Strategic plans include establishing a Feilding based CHP
- Increasing housing stock to support aging population
- Improve accessibility of housing stock
- Future
plans councils have for stock  
- 45 additional units by 2030
You have the right to seek an investigation and review
by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is
available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz  or freephone 0800 802 602.  
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