Retirement villages lack sufficient occupancy but still turn a profit. But at the same time, there is a lack of housing for the people of Aotearoa. While the Retirement Villages lack full occupancy, owner operators should be allowed to do as they please with their own homes, however it would seem the Christian thing to do, to open up the Villages for younger families and individuals who may need a home, then the rest will follow, if they have the means to pay (possibly with a mortgage) have a growing family and would fit right in to a retirement community to take possession of one of these numerous vacant homes. In theory if you are of good standing you should be allowed to purchase a unit without this ageist discrimination, (“ageism”). At the same time market forces, make it economically viable to build a home and never rent it out, but by shear appreciation in value based on demand the home becomes more and more valuable, something wrong with the system. Eventually too these homes may plummet in value, when NZGov calls time on the practice especially when these are retirement homes and apartments, are not commonly available housing stock, they should be decoupled from this concerning practice, and shared for purchase by Citizens and Permanent Residents 1st priority or rented out to Work Permit, Visitor Permit and Student permit holders, (second priority) Something like that.
