Tauranga Maori land trust Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated has received $2.17 million from the government's Housing Innovation Fund.
It will use this money to build 30 houses over the next three years.

Victoria Kingi says the 30 homes to be built are a big help for people struggling with expensive housing in Tauranga.

They will be built on a $2.5 million area of their own land at Te Maunga.
About 50 per cent of the government funding will be repaid by the trust.
Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated is one of six projects across New Zealand to receive money from the Housing Innovation Fund.
Mangatawa Papamoa trustee Victoria Kingi says 10 homes a year will be built over the next three years.
She says the first stage will see 10, two bedroom homes constructed for elderly members of the trust.
The second round of homes will be built for home ownership and on-licence occupying. The final 10 homes may be a mixture of rentals and home ownership.
The trust's 800 shareholders, and their descendents, are able to apply to live in the houses based on criteria of need.
A survey carried out by the Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Incorporated in 2007 showed there was a need for housing for elderly and families.
"A lot of Maori are living in substandard housing, in caravans or in run-down homes nationally," says Victoria.
The trust approached the government two years ago for assistance to build the homes.
"The vision has been with Mangatawa for many, many years. It's great news for us."
Construction on the first group of 10 homes will start in January 2011.