Shyla's Housing Story

Shyla first discovered the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust at an information night held in the Rydges Hotel. She then heard from a fellow staff member at work about a number of houses coming available, and got in contact with QLCHT. The rest you could say is history.

Since then, the QLCHT helped Shyla’s family obtain one of life’s milestones – owning their own home. As a result, Shyla has been able to support her wider whanau with emergency accommodation, and then to use the equity from their home to start a landscaping business. It’s been running for three years now.

“By having our own home, we’ve been able to not only help our extended whanau with the stability and security of having somewhere affordable to stay in Queenstown, but also to build our very own business.”