Friday, 7 May 2021, 12:38 pm
Hastings District Council’s ground-breaking
collaborative approach to addressing the district’s
critical housing shortage has been recognised with a
national award.
Last night, the council received the
BERL Award for Collaborative Government Action for its Place
Based Housing Solution at the Taituarā – Local Government
Professionals Aotearoa Awards.
The award recognised
the outstanding results that had been achieved through the
combined efforts of government agencies, mana whenua,
community support groups working on the coalface to address
housing needs in the community, and council.
Hastings
Mayor Sandra Hazlehurst said that as an organisation and a
community it was an honour to be recognised for our work to