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Fears seniors could be forced off Stewart Island due to lack of low-maintenance housing

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Publish Date
Tue, 15 Mar 2022, 9:09am
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Fears seniors could be forced off Stewart Island due to lack of low-maintenance housing

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 15 Mar 2022, 9:09am

Stewart Island is losing all it's pensioners.  

A lot of the time on Stewart Island you're in a lifestyle block or a big family home, so when age catches up to us those homes become impractical.  

However, there isn't any low maintenance housing for seniors on the island - Bruce Ford is trying to fix that.  

He's the Stewart Island Seniors’ Cottage Trust chair and he joined Mike Hosking. 

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