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We’ve installed heat pumps in nearly 2200 homes as part of the ŌCHT/Christchurch City Council Warm & Dry Initiative.

12 May 2020 Chief Executive’s Letter to Tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust

Our communications to Tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust regarding the COVID-19 pandemic

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) and Christchurch City Council will restart work on the Warm & Dry Initiative as soon as […]

21 April 2020 Chief Executive’s Letter to Tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust

6 April 2020 Chief Executive’s Letter to Tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust

26 March 2020 Warm & Dry Programme – COVID-19 Update

25 March 2020 COVID-19 Alert Level 4:  Update for OCHT Tenants and their whānau

20 March 2020 Chief Executive’s Letter to Tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust

The installation of the first 140 heat pumps, in community housing homes across the city, is now complete. Work on […]

Work has commenced on the joint OCHT and CCC Warm & Dry Initiative ? Check out the video below of […]

A showcase of Talent Tenants from Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) will have their talent on show this week at […]

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) and CCC Commence Warm & Dry Initiative Heat pumps will be installed in hundreds of […]

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) is about to commence construction work on new community housing on Brougham Street, Sydenham Christchurch. […]

From 21 February 2020 Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) will commence removal of the remaining 34 Canterbury Earthquake Temporary Accommodation units […]

Below is a snapshot of our achievements from our go live in October 2016:

Feedback from the 2018 Tenant Satisfaction Survey indicated that some tenants wanted to know more about tenancy processes and service […]

Twenty one tenants of Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) complexes were recognised as Housing Heroes at an awards ceremony in […]

Ed Leeson is the Commercial and Development Manager at Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust. He joined the team a little over […]

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust has plans to build 28 units on our Cresselly Place site where previously there were 30. […]

Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust (OCHT) has purchased eight new homes from Housing Plus Charitable Foundation. The eight duplexes are in […]

14 June 2019 After 31 years working in social housing you could say Rosslyn (Ros) Brewer knows all there is […]

10 May 2019 Food brings people together Over the summer months, OCHT set out on a mission to hold morning […]

Relationships matter James Hadlee is the Tenancy Relations Manager at OCHT.