Connected Living & Affordable Housing event invite
Thursday, November 22 from 6 - 9 PM
Cafe Agora & Event Centre
13 Kent St
Hamilton
An engaging event exploring inspirational, affordable home ownership and connected living opportunities In this time where housing is becoming unaffordable for many and our current way of living can be very isolating, there are alternatives!
Speakers include:
• Simon Perry, Chairperson of Perry Group - Te Awa Lakes
• Greer O'Donnell, The Urban Advisory - Connected living: What's going on in Europe and could it work in NZ?
• Claire Newman, Office of Holistic Urbanism (OHU) - Building communities by building buildings
• Samantha Rose, SHAMA - Community Land Trusts: Making housing affordable
• CLOser Connected Living Opportunities team - Katikati co-housing community
• Belinda Gelston - Tiny House Advocate
• plus more to be confirmed.
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