dec 4, 2018 - Co-housing development - consented
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After a lengthy battle, a groundbreaking housing project in Auckland has been granted resource consent.
Cohaus is a 20-unit apartment project in Grey Lynn being designed and financed by the people who will live in it.
The project is the brainchild of married architects Thom Gill and Helle Westergaard, and their friends, David Welch and Georgianne Griffiths.
Gill said co-housing was different from other apartment blocks in that "the residents are co-developers".
"Which means they're taking the risk but they're also getting something that's closer to their needs and they're also getting to determine how money is spent."
The idea gathered momentum to the point where last year, the group bought the Fairleigh Lodge boarding house site in Grey Lynn.
Source: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/property/109090740/auckland-coshared-housing-project-cohaus-wins-resource-consent-battle
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