The homes were demolished yesterday, and the Nelson Tasman Housing Trust wants the site to build five new homes, the beginning of what it hopes will be a much bigger project.
Housing New Zealand would not say what would happen with the site, only that it was still considering options.
Trust chairman Keith Preston said it had been working with HNZ for two years, trying to work out a scheme, and that Nelson MP and Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith was keen for it to happen.
Read the full Nelson Mail article here.
