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Greater Christchurch: Housing Programme
Kāinga Ora / Christchurch City Council · Canterbury
Kāinga Ora's Christchurch programme: post-earthquake urban renewal and new social housing, redeveloping existing land and partnering with local developers. Delivery was cut back by the February 2025 turnaround plan, which refocused the agency as a landlord rather than a developer.
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Favourable signals Data: Medium
Delivery Confidence Score, 0 to 100, higher is better: a ranking of how strong this project's delivery signals are, not a probability. It blends eight factors, including the election risk and policy alignment shown below.
Each axis is a scoring factor (0 to 100)
Data current as at 16 Sept 2026, when the pipeline was last checked against its source.
Key facts
- Region
- Canterbury
- Sector
- Housing
- Status
- Under Construction
- Estimated value
- Value TBC
- Indicative completion
- 2028
- Funding status
- Part Funded
- Lead organisation
- Kāinga Ora / Christchurch City Council
- Election risk
- Medium
Election risk assessment
Kāinga Ora programme cuts affect Christchurch housing development.
Government priority alignment
COUNTER: Reduced under the 2024 Kāinga Ora cuts, counter to current housing priorities.
Chronology
- 2017Kāinga Ora expands Christchurch programme: earthquake recovery still underway
- 2020Urban renewal programme: Linwood, New Brighton, Wainoni social housing upgrades
- 2022Multiple sites under construction across Christchurch
- 2024National's Kāinga Ora cuts affect Christchurch programme. Several sites deferred
- 2028expectedReduced programme target