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6.6Affordablehousing

1.ThefollowingdevelopmentcontrolsdonothavelegaleffectuntiltheUnitaryPlanisoperative.

1Developmentcontrols

1.1Numberofretainedaffordablehousingdwellings

1.WhereanewdevelopmentwithintheRUBcontainsmorethan15dwellingsorinvolvesthecreationofmorethan15vacantsites,atleast10percentofthetotalnumberofdwellingsorvacantsiteswithinthedevelopmentmustberetainedaffordablehousing.Whereaframeworkplanapplies,thisrequirementappliestotheentireframeworkplanarea.

2.TherequirementforretainedaffordablehousingdoesnotapplytoanydevelopmentthatissolelyprovidingsocialhousingdeliveredbyHousingNewZealandoracommunityhousingprovider.

3.Wherethecalculationoftherequiredretainedaffordablehousingresultsinafractionaldwelling,anyfractionwillbedisregarded.

1.2Location ofretainedaffordable housing

1.Withinhousingdevelopmentsofdetachedandterraceddwellings:

a.theretainedaffordablehousingmustbespreadthroughoutthedevelopment,withnomorethanthreeinanyonecluster

b.thefloorareaoftheretainedaffordablehousingmustbesimilartothatofmarketratehousingwithinthedevelopment,althoughsitesizesmaybesmaller

c.theretainedaffordablehousingmusthaveasimilarrangeofdwellingtypesandsizestothatprovidedelsewhereinthedevelopment.

2.Forapartments,theretainedaffordablehousingmustnotcomprisemorethanone­thirdofthedwellingsonasinglebuildinglevel.

1.3Securingretainedaffordablehousing

1.Exceptforretainedaffordablehousingprovidedbyacommunityhousingprovider,retainedaffordablehousingmusthavealegallyenforceableretentionmechanism,including,butnotlimitedto,acovenantsupportedbyamemorandumofencumbranceregisteredonthecertificateoftitleorconsentnoticeundertheRMA,that:

a.limitsrentorre­sale(includingafuturedwellinginthecaseofavacantsitesubdivision)toanoccupierwhoisapprovedbythecouncilasmeetingtheeligibilitycriteriabelow,or

b.limitsresaletoacommunityhousingproviderapprovedbythecouncil,or

c.limitsrentandresaletoaformulathatensuresthatthedwellingremainsaffordableintothelongterm,includingafuturedwellinginthecaseofvacantsitesubdivision,and

d.providesformonitoringofthetermsofthecovenantorconsentnoticeandtheprocessshouldthosetermsbebreachedincludingwhereoccupiershavedefaultedonthemortgageandlendersseektorecovertheirinterestsintheproperty,and

e.islegallyenforceablebythecouncilinperpetuity.

1.4Eligibilityforretained affordablehousing

1.Retainedaffordablehousingmustonlybesoldorrentedtoeligiblehouseholds.Aneligiblehouseholdiseither:

a.acommunityhousingproviderwhoisregisteredwiththecouncilasbeingapre­approved

purchaser,andwhosecriteriaforrentingand/orsalemeetstheeligibilitycriteriasetoutin2below

b.ahouseholdassessedbythecouncilasmeetingtheeligibilitycriteriain2below.

2.Tobeeligibleforretainedaffordablehousing:

a.atleastonememberofthehouseholdmustbeandwillremainaNewZealandresidentorcitizen

b.atleastonememberofthehouseholdatthetimeoftheapplicationtocouncilmustbeemployedonatleastapart­timebasis(morethan20hoursaweek)withanemployerwithinAuckland

c.thepropertymustbeusedexclusivelyasthehousehold’sprimaryresidence

d.householdsthatseektopurchasedwellingsmusthavesufficientassetstoprovidetherequireddeposit

e.Householdsmusthaveanincomeofbetween80and120percentoftheregionalmedianhouseholdincome.

3.HouseholdswhohaveassetsthatwouldenablethemtomeettheirhousingneedsinAucklandwithoutrecoursetoaffordablehousingwillnotbeeligibletorentorownretainedaffordablehousing.

2.Assessment­Development controlinfringements

2.1Mattersofdiscretion

Inadditiontothegeneralmattersinclause2.3ofthegeneralprovisions,thecouncilwillrestrictitsdiscretiontothemattersbelowforthelisteddevelopmentcontrolinfringement.

1.Numberofretainedaffordablehousingdwellingsandlocationofretainedaffordablehousing

a.provisionofretainedaffordablehousingoff­site

b.locationofaffordablehousingwithinadevelopment.

2.2Assessmentcriteria

Inadditiontothegeneralassessmentcriteriainclause2.3ofthegeneralprovisions,thecouncilwillconsidertherelevantcriteriabelowforthelisteddevelopmentcontrolinfringement.

1.Numberofretainedaffordablehousingdwellingsandlocationofretainedaffordablehousing

a.Provisionofretainedaffordablehousingoff­site

i.Retainedaffordablehousingshouldbeprovidedwithinthedevelopment,however,off­sitelocationsmaybeconsideredforallorpartoftherequirementif:

i.

ii.

thealternativesitesareincloseproximitytothedevelopment(i.e.within1km)andofferasuperioroutcomeintermsofaccesstoservicesandtransportandcommunitymix.Particularconsiderationwillbegiventowhethertheoff­siteprovisionwillleadtoamorebalancedcommunityandwhetherthealternativelocationwillbetteraddresspriorityneeds,particularlyfamilyhousing,or

theapplicanthasenteredintoalegallybindingagreementwithacommunityhousingproviderwhocandemonstratethaton­siteprovisionwillnotmeettheiroperationalrequirementsandthatanoff­sitelocationwilldeliverasuperioroutcomeintermsofthenumber,mixand/oron­goingmanagementoftherequiredretainedaffordablehousing.

ii.

Theprovisioninwholeorinpart,oftherequiredretainedaffordablehousingintheformoflandonly,ratherthandwellings,maybeappropriatewheretheapplicanthassecuredanagreementwithacommunityhousingproviderthatwillprovideasuperioroutcome.Inthiscase,thevalueofthelandtobetransferredtothecommunityhousingprovidershouldbeatleastequaltotheinferredvalueoftheretainedaffordablehousingrequirements,asdeterminedbyavaluationbyaregisteredvaluer.

b.Locationofaffordablehousingwithinadevelopment

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ii.

Whereadevelopmentdoesnotcomplywiththelocationcontrolsforretainedaffordablehousing,theapplicantwillneedtodemonstratethattheretainedaffordablehousingisspreadthroughoutthedevelopmentandareofasizeconsistentwithotherdwellingswithinthedevelopment.

Someclusteringofretainedaffordablehousingwithinasitemaybepreferablewherethedwellingsaremanagedbyoneentityandfromanoperationalperspective,clusteringwillprovidelong­termbenefitsintermsofmanagementandmaintenanceoftheretainedaffordablehousing.

3.Specialinformationrequirements

Affordablehousingassessment

1.Allresourceconsentapplicationsinvolvingtheprovisionofretainedaffordablehousingmustbeaccompaniedbyanaffordablehousingassessment.Theassessmentmustspecifyhowthedevelopmentwillmeetthedevelopmentcontrolsforretainedaffordablehousingandincludedetailsof:

a.theexpectedtotalnumberandtypeofalldwellingswithinthedevelopment,includingretainedaffordablehousing

b.thepercentageofnewdwellingsthatwillberetainedaffordablehousing

c.whererelevant,thestagingofthedevelopment,includingthetimingofprovisionoftheretainedaffordablehousing

d.fortheretainedaffordablehousingcomponentofthedevelopment:

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iv.

theproposedprice(includinganyproposedvariancesforapproval)

thelocation,designandformofthedwellings,includingtheexteriordesign,theirsizeandinternallayout,includingnumberofbedrooms

iftheretainedaffordablehousingisproposedtobeprovidedoff­site,detailsofhowthatwillbeprovidedinamannerthatmeetstherelevantassessmentcriteria.

detailsoftheproposedretentionmechanismiftheretainedaffordablehousingisnotprovidedbyacommunityhousingprovider.