HAREKE PA

This 46-unit social housing development in Palmerston North was completed in May 2021 and given the Maori name Harakeke Pa.

Developed by the Soho Group, Hareke Pa features one and two-bedroom units and two three-storey apartment-style buildings across five separate blocks.  It has accessible units and garden ground floor apartments and there is on site carparking for all the units.  It is situated a short walk from Palmerston North’s central square and is within easy walking distance to a variety of local amenities.

Home in Place has a 25-year contract with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development to provide tenancy and property management. 

The complex is one of several that the Soho Group is building around New Zealand to address the acute shortage of social and affordable housing.

“This is a 25-year commitment from us, we have a solid partnership... with developments in Auckland and Whanganui” says Soho Group Managing Director Sam Wallace. 

Home in Place worked closely with MSD and Kainga Ora to provide these high quality homes for those who were previously living in emergency and transitional housing or properties that do not meet tenant needs. Home in Place also worked closely with other community housing organisations and support services agencies who referred clients with acute housing need.