Housing Crisis and the Missing Middle: A Case for Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and Limited Profit Housing Development Companies in Aotearoa New Zealand
Irene Boles1, Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez2
- Ara Institute of Canterbury
- Auckland University of Technology
Published in Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024), edited by Ali GhaffarianHoseini, Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, Farzad Rahimian and Mahesh Babu Purushothaman. Springer Nature, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, volume 591, 2025, pages 936 to 945. DOI 10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_90.
Abstract
Aotearoa New Zealand is currently going through a subtle but relentless social revolution that is changing the way individuals and communities interact with and shape the urban environment as a response to a crippling housing crisis (Housing Affordability Inquiry, 2012), affecting both the number of households and their quality across the country (Chapman, 2016). Grassroots organizations have started investigating alternatives to traditional and established housing models (Southcombe, 2018), initiating a new narrative around how housing is built, owned, financed, and shared. This study investigates the potential of Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and limited-profit housing development companies through the framework of urban commoning and democratic urban development as a way to address housing affordability and increase housing provision. Following an extensive qualitative analysis of national and international case studies, this study evaluates the feasibility, challenges, and opportunities associated with integrating CLTs into the housing continuum (TUA, 2021), and supports the establishment of a competent and dedicated state-supported limited-profit housing development sector in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Session
Presented in Recorded Presentations, Session III, Saturday 9 November 2024, 11:00 to 13:30, room WG 201, Auckland University of Technology. Session chair Dr Antonio Lara Hernandez.
How to Cite
Boles, I., & Lara-Hernandez, J. A. (2025). Housing Crisis and the Missing Middle: A Case for Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and Limited Profit Housing Development Companies in Aotearoa New Zealand. In A. GhaffarianHoseini, A. GhaffarianHoseini, F. Rahimian, & M. B. Purushothaman (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment (SASBE 2024) (Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, Vol. 591, pp. 936–945). Springer Nature Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-4051-5_90
About the Conference
Presented at SASBE 2024, the International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, held in Auckland from 7 to 9 November 2024 and chaired by Professors Ali and Amirhosein GhaffarianHoseini, founders of GDI Academy. The version of record is published by Springer Nature; this page is the conference archive record kept by GDI Academy.