Otago, Southland and South Canterbury regional director Kerrie Young said the public housing provider delivered 70 new public homes between 2020 and 2023 in Dunedin and Invercargill, and planned to deliver 130 more in Dunedin and Mosgiel over the next year.
About 40 of the 130 houses would be bought out of the housing market and 90 would come from redeveloping existing stock.
Ms Young said buying 11 new one-bedroom homes in Dey St, Mosgiel, provided a great opportunity for Kāinga Ora to house more people in an ideally located site.
"Mosgiel is a priority area for new public housing in Otago, based on demand, with 408 people on the housing register in the wider Dunedin area as at March this year."
The units were built in a three-storey configuration and were almost ready to have tenants move in.
Kāinga Ora also confirmed an agreement to buy a site in Stafford St, in central Dunedin.
Ms Young said the 2361sqm property consisted of a building and carparks that were being leased while designs for about 20 apartments were completed.
Resource consents had been submitted and approval for demolition of the lodge had been granted.
Family homes would be built on the site, she said.
Kāinga Ora also continued to work with the council on the bus depot site in Princes St, central Dunedin.
"The council and us both agree that there should be a residential solution there.
"We’re still in that conversation with the council about what that looks like," she said.
In addition to the 130 homes in Dunedin, Kāinga Ora planned to provide 24 homes in Gore, 30 in Invercargill and seven in Timaru, she said.
The organisation had retrofitted 160 houses in the past three years and was close to bringing 2500 homes to a healthy homes standard in the southern regions.
