Dunedin’s buy-up plan to mitigate climate change

Nobody will be forced from their homes in plans to buy up properties in South Dunedin on a voluntary basis. The initial cost is based on buying 65 properties a year.

If the scheme is approved, it could mean the council starts buying property as early as next July.

Properties will be bought by the council on the open market over decades to enable the South Dunedin climate change adaption strategy, now under development.

South Dunedin Future Programme manager, Jonathan Rowe, says the strategic property acquisition idea was sparked by conversations with the community.