Twyford: It’s going to be tough to meet Kiwibuild target

Jan 24, 2019 | News

This week a report found New Zealand is one of the most unaffordable countries in the world to buy a house, with the average price more than six times the median household income. More than six months into KiwiBuild, only 33 homes have been built – well short of...

KiwiBuild a ‘massive political distraction’

Jan 24, 2019 | News

“The government could lower unit construction costs in many ways, as it is well aware,” former Business Roundtable economist Bryce Wilkinson says in a new research note today. It could ease up on red tape, improve the supply of urban land by removing...

“How To Fix Auckland’s Housing Crisis.”

Jan 22, 2019 | News

“Auckland is a basket case when it comes to housing affordability,” says Sayers. “It’s of the highest moral imperative for Council to fix.” Auckland must dump the ideology of a compact city and spread out and up to make housing affordable, while simultaneously...