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Housing Trust resolves not to appeal High Court decision

Wednesday 13 July 2011, 2:29PM

By Queenstown Lake Community Housing Trust

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QUEENSTOWN

The Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust has resolved not to appeal the High Court
decision that upheld the decision of the Charities Commission to deregister the Trust.

According to chairman David Cole - “The Court’s decision establishes case law that locks out
not-for-profit housing organisations from qualifying as charitable organisations.”

“It is now up to the politicians to correct the anomaly.”

“We cannot commit further community funds to defend a structure and set of activities that
the Crown supported when the Trust was established and which another Crown agency has
sought to unravel.”

“We are now relying on an undertaking from the Minister received last week to have
officials look at recommendations for restoring certainty to a sector that government is
relying on as a key part of its housing policy.”