HUB Communities Charitable Trust delivers innovative, sustainable and measurable housing affordability – nationally, and at scale.
The HUB achieves its goals and objectives by amalgamating a range of tried and tested collaborative partnering techniques within a framework of an integrated supply chain. The structure of The HUB allows the alliance partners to provide effective supply chain integration without the financial burden inherent in other procurement routes such as Private Finance Initiative.
The supply chain offers a design, build, fund, manage and operate procurement methodology that has the capability to operate at the national level, provides a platform that offers an environment to drives out needless costs, and waste, reduces project delivery timescales and enhances occupational and maintenance cost profiles to deliver measurable affordability.

Hub Management
Each HUB project is structured based on validated demand profiles and investment returns. Project briefs are prepared to inform design, specification and budget. Projects are continuously planned, controlled and co- ordinated against the backdrop of financial viability and occupational demand targets.
Supply Chain Management
The full spectrum of supply chain services are resourced from a pool of skilled and resourced professional consultants and contractors who have pre-qualified as HUB supply chain members. The supply chain delivers services in a standardised manner under ISO 9001 quality assurance Policies, Procedures and Work Instructions to deliver continuous improvements.
Whole Life Cost Management
Costs plans and expenditure cash flows that inform IRR development appraisals are prepared on a whole life cost basis. Whole Life Costs are based on the HUB design standard grids, window and door schedules and designs and specifications.
SROI
In addition to achieving the required financial returns to lever private sector investment best value is considered within the wider context of wellness outcomes associated with living in quality homes and supportive communities.
Social benefits are modelled by adopting a Benefits Realization and Management structure.
Mortage
Personalised mortgage solutions that are integrated with the HUB Platform model provide a solution that goes beyond the norm by seeking to enhance affordability through the introduction of a menu of personalized support mechanisms to enhance affordability for the occupier whilst reducing associated investment risks.
Structured to act as the catalyst to bring together principals, funders and long-term partners for public sector bodies tasked with meeting Government social housing targets, HUB capitalises on economies of scale and leverages the optimum scale of production to achieve pre-agreed and measureable affordability. These attributes inform every choice in the design of HUB’s supply chain; from housing design and specifications to manufacturing and construction methodologies.
HUB communities aims:
Our model makes homes simple and cost effective to manufacture and deliver through the adoption of standard construction grids, components and off-site fabrication. Our supply chain operates at a national level to benefit from aggregation and scale as quickly as possible.
The direct and visible manifestation of HUB’s social enterprise supply chain benefits are:
HUB delivers an integrated supply chain of professional property and design consultants, building contractors, material suppliers, social enterprise organisations and funders. This supply chain integrates design, build, funding, management and operation – allowing HUB to:
HUB represents a departure from the way in which community development and housing is currently being delivered in New Zealand.