Little’s house value went up most under Labour
The Herald reports: Labour leader Andrew Little used his first house to highlight how housing had become unaffordable under the National-led Government. However, analysis shows the value of his...
View ArticleLittle’s house value increase would have been less than the interest on the...
I blogged yesterday on how Andrew Little’s outrage at his old house increasing in value from $315,000 to $830,000 over 17 years was odd as it was a compound increase of just 5.9% a year. Also...
View Article34,000 new homes for Auckland
Amy Adams announced: The Government today has announced a Crown land and building programme that will see tens of thousands of new houses built in Auckland over the next decade. Social Housing Minister...
View ArticleKearney on Labour’s negative gearing policy
Nick Kearney writes in the Herald: I was fascinated to see Andrew Little’s speech to party faithful this week. The references to ending property speculation were intriguing. The three policy elements...
View ArticleActually there is plenty of land in Wellington
Stuff reports: Wellington needs to grow up if it wants to solve its housing crisis, a report says. At the heart of the problem is the lack of supply, and one way to solve it is raising height limits in...
View ArticleHouse price growth below 10%
Stuff reports: House price growth has dropped below 10 per cent a year for the first time in two years. QV’s latest data shows that property values nationwide increased 9.7 per cent in the year to May,...
View ArticleA housing infrastructure company
The Government announced: The Government will co-invest up to $600 million alongside local councils and private investors in network infrastructure for big new housing developments through a...
View ArticleEnd the Rural Urban Boundary
Stuff reports: ACT leader David Seymour is promising to “cut red tape” to allow at least 600,000 Auckland homes to be built. Seymour made the announcement in the west Auckland suburb of Henderson on...
View ArticleThis will make a difference
The Herald reports: National has pledged to introduce new urban planning laws separate from the Resource Management Act – something it says will enable faster development of housing and other...
View ArticleForeign buyer ban unlikely to impact house prices
The Herald reports: The Labour-led Government’s move to restrict foreign speculators from taking a chunk out of the property market is being questioned given a similar policy across the Tasman has done...
View ArticleTwyford sounding good
The Herald reports: New Housing Minister Phil Twyford wants to scrap Auckland’s regulated urban boundary to let the city spread. Yes, yes, yes. The single most important thing the Government could do....
View ArticleAn own goal on affordable housing
The ODT reports: Plans to tackle Queenstown’s lack of affordable housing have been partially scuppered by possible changes to the Overseas Investment Act. Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust...
View ArticleLessons to learn from Ireland?
A report by Policy Exchange in 2005 looks at how Ireland responded to a shortage of housing. Sounds a bit like where this Government may end up: Despite the impressive increase in housing supply, there...
View ArticleYou can have population growth and affordable homes
Market Urbanism reports: Between 2010 and 2016, when overall national housing permits ticked up each year following the recession, most major metros have issued housing permit numbers in the high 4- or...
View ArticleWinston pledges to get house prices down to $214,000
Stuff reports: Acting Prime Minister Winston Peters says houses should be affordable even to those on a living wage. Peters said on Tuesday that “a long-term target” of getting median house prices to...
View ArticleSayers gets it
The Herald reports: Auckland must dump the ideology of a compact city and spread out and grow to make housing affordable, says Auckland councillor Greg Sayers.“Auckland should spread out predominantly...
View ArticleAuckland Council want to make housing massively more expensive
Stuff reports: A move to make all new homes more accessible for people with mobility needs has been put forward to the Government.Auckland Council’s governing body approved a submission last week...
View ArticleFinally, Government does something right
Stuff reports: In a dramatic move to reshape New Zealand’s towns and cities, the Government will stop councils from imposing height limits of less than six-storeys and force them to accept...
View ArticleGovt made housing more unaffordable
Newsroom reports: A Newsroom investigation reveals a Ministry of Social Development initiative to provide emergency housing made the housing crisis worse and enriched a small set of landlords and real...
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More success!
The Government said it would abolish homelessness. The Priority A waiting list for social housing has increased 432% since they took office. Tags: homeless, housing affordabilityThe post More success!...
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