Salmon farm's solution to rental pressures: 'Manage our own'

<p>A Twizel salmon farm is tackling the district’s housing shortage head-on by securing rental accommodation for its growing workforce.</p> <p><b>By Claire Taylor for </b><a href="https://ldr.rnz.co.nz/story/salmon-farm-tackles-worker-accommodation-shortage" target="_blank"><b>Local Democracy Reporting</b></a></p> <p>Twizel's High Country Salmon, established by Margaret and Richard Logan in 2000, has grown from a small fish farm into a major tourism operation with a restaurant, gift shop and tours.</p> <p>The company now employs more than 60 staff across its operations, serving between 1000 and 4000 visitors a day.</p> <p>“We represent a huge number of different countries and cultures and some of those are long term visa holders and residents, and some of them are ... on their working holiday,” the company’s managing director Jeni Logan said.</p> <p>Logan said they also provided housing for its workers, currently managing seven rental properties and were on the hunt for more.</p> <h2>'If we haven't got houses...