ER135 Affordable Alternative Housing Tenure Pathways in Aotearoa New Zealand: Whānau experiences (2026)

Affordable Alternative Housing Tenures (AAHTs) represent a vital intermediate market between private renting and full homeownership. This research examines the lived experiences of participants in schemes such as shared ownership, rent-to-buy and community land trusts (CLTs). By focusing on consumer voices, this study evaluated how these models support stability, wellbeing and pathways to ownership for households locked out of the open market.