I don't think there is any quick fix that will crash house prices in the short term (there are long term supply fixes). Given that there are no quick house price fixes the govt (Labour) should address the reality that rental housing will accommodate a ...
Good post. Agree : )
No the housing situation hasn't improved. There needs to be a major change in policy settings. The last 30 years of neoliberal settings is not working. NZ needs to try something new. I suggest a housing commissioner with specific targets (address poor ...
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Exactly. If there was a credible plan to build 10,000 social houses a year. If it was fully budgeted for. The housing model locked down - Austrian/ Singaporean/ whatever. If there was some sort of housing accord or housing commissioner or both ensuring all...
Child poverty or family poverty or whatever NZ wants to call it cannot be fixed while we have the most unaffordable rents in the OECD.
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I would like it to be faster. But the Empress With No Clothes On has dictated that house prices cannot fall. So the fastest 'allowable' way out of this housing shemozzle is a massive social housing build programme. On a per capita basis the social housing ...
Maybe time not distance is the better metric but there needs to be a genuine connection between people. All the evidence from the internet, telecommunications etc is that these enrich connections but does not replace the value of in-person communication.
Housing and climate change are the two key issues IMO. I have been fortunate to have had some free time since August (I had to travel to be with family). This has given me 'clear air' to undertake some systemic analysis of housing and the built environment...
It is huge step towards 100% renewable electricity by 2030 and a fully carbon zero economy by 2050.
Many of the fast track consents are about housing. The legislation needs to explicitly state that 'housing is a human right' and allow the likes of Community Housing Provider NGOs to give evidence in support of affordable housing provision. Housing as a ...
What tax cut? Simon didn't give any details. He certainly didn't cost it.
The media will not call out National. They will enjoy the show whilst never demanding the facts. Unlike with Labour policy announcements there will not be a moment where National is slammed because they did not 'show me the money'.
I am sorry if the following metaphor is crude but it is the only way I can simply describe what Simon is doing. He is a burlesque dancer playing to an media and public audience. Pulling in the audience with promises to reveal all but at the last second not...
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Hydrogen vehicles was the more speculative part of the report. Although the climate change question of what can be done at the heavy vehicle end of the market is probably one of the most difficult climate change questions. So worth thinking about. ...
Dennis I am not saying we are definitely 'there yet' wrt hydrogen but there are indications of a possible path that is worth investigating. P.S I like the idea of getting the regional development minister working in this space.
Over the summer holidays I wrote an article about hydrogen fuel cell vehicles for the heavy and long distance end of the market. Plus grid scale batteries like pumped hydro replacing fossil fuel burning coal and gas electricity plants. The article got ...
It is easy to get irate when thinking about the missed opportunities in Christchurch after the earthquakes. But we need to focus on the future now. Auckland shows that what is possible to from a low auto-centric base. Christchurch should try to copy that. ...
Mathew I agree with pretty much all of that. Good explanation. For me down here in Canterbury. I would like a regional fuel if it meant greater transport choices. In particular rapid transit like Auckland and Wellington have. Lower income people could save...
I have written a lot about housing and urbanisation in NZ. The government does need to act on housing. They are making progress but it is a big job. Check out my latest report. https://medium.com/land-buildings-identity-and-values/why-tax-house-building-in...
I agree -housing is key for Labour -it can provide Jacinda with huge credibility -of boldly addressing an issue that National failed on. It is an issue which will help define that political generational change has occurred. Housing affordability and all ...
Phil Twyford seems to be aware of the problem of escalating prices for urban land. In his speech he said; "All this is supported by what I call our Urban Growth Agenda. It is a set of reforms designed to allow our cities to make room for growth, and bring ...
Housing is really becoming a global top policy debate. It feels like the inflation debate of the 1970/80s. Even Tony Blair's research foundation is joining in. He is surprisingly pivoting to domestic issues. Housing politics is pretty interesting..... ...
The benefit of the lie for National was it derailed Jacinda's positivity and aspiration for a better NZ message. It stopped the media discussing issues which concerned the public and how Labour was going to address them. The public being concerned about ...
I think the lies, misrepresentation is the issue that has most driven me to the left. This is what I posted on FB about it. I believe this election is a cognitive dissonance election. It is the election where the government party wants the voting ...
Housing is the issue that goes right to the heart of this election campaign. The public have lost trust with National due to denial of this real problem. They are sick of the lies and spin. This lack of credibility and trust impacts on all of National's ...
Gareth is a dick who thinks being intelligent is more important than having a good character. Jacinda is doing well because she is showing herself to have the characteristics and values New Zealanders want in a leader. She is warm, articulate, positive, ...
Liberal realist -what you are talking about is the economics of city space. All the different types of city spaces need to considered to make a city function -private spaces, public spaces, parking spaces, street spaces etc. See the link below for a full ...
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