Māori communities lead innovative ways of financing housing on ancestral lands

This article from The Conversation explores innovative financial solutions for housing on Māori ancestral lands. It highlights Whare Ora’s initiative to create affordable, portable homes and examines the financial barriers posed by collective land ownership. The article also delves into the partnership between Hikurangi Enterprises and Community Finance, which launched Kaenga Hou to develop ethical financing models that support homeownership for Māori communities.
Author: Jack Barrett, a lecturer at Auckland University of Technology
Topics include: Māori housing, ancestral land finance, ethical investment