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Gill Brown

Gill Brown

Principal Policy Advisor – Housing

Dunedin City Council

Gill Brown has a long history of working in the public sector including eleven years at Corrections and five years at Kainga Ora.  Since coming to the Dunedin City Council, Gill has worked on the Ōtepoti Dunedin Housing Plan and subsequent Implementation Plans.  Her focus in the role of Principal Policy Advisor – Housing, is to ensure that opportunities for all sectors of the housing continuum are realised within Dunedin city.  This includes finding levers that council can use to utilise land, encourage the building of affordable homes, use the buildings Council has and creating a systemic approach to homelessness.

SESSIONS

Day 2

11:15

Panel: Navigating the uncertainty around funding for local council housing

  • Identifying where local councils can positively influence affordable housing

  • Strengthening partnerships to assist with affordable housing when funding runs dry

  • Communicating the extent to which council can and cannot influence housing outcomes

  • Agreeing on the role councils should be playing in affordable housing in 10 years


Kayla Stewart, Housing Policy & Strategy Specialist, Waitaki District Council


Bruce Rendall, Head of City Growth and Property, Christchurch City Council


Gill Brown, Principal Policy Advisor – Housing, Dunedin City Council

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