Southland is set to reveal the future plan of the region next week, aimed at creating a shared future vision and pathway for Murihiku. The Beyond 2025 Southland Plan is to be launched on Wednesday 28 June, and has a dual purpose as the long-term planning .
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However, financially-strapped city homeowners living in their own properties were not being left completely in the cold. Searancke said Habitat in Invercargill had been running a self-funded home repair programme which completed repairs for up to eight financially-struggling homeowners each year. And the organisation would soon be helping more homeowners after this month tapping into a $250,000 fund for just that purpose.
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Southland Community Housing Group convenor Margaret Cook says the Healthy Homes regulations are potentially good for renters if their landlords do the work they are supposed to. The BNZ has provided Habitat Invercargill with a $250,000 interest and fees-free line of credit which it will use to help additional homeowners who were struggling financially and needed repair work done.