KiwiBuild releases updated figures

Jan 25, 2019 | News

Number of homes contracted and committed: 10,160 with thousands more planned in our Large Scale Projects. Number of homes completed: 47 with 236 more homes under construction Number of homes contracted and committed for completion by 30 June 2019: 293 (Some contracts...

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...

Construction shortage list, unlikely to alleviate shortage

Jan 22, 2019 | News

The Government recently established the new Construction and Infrastructure Skill Shortage List (CISSL) to address the ongoing problem of short supply of construction workers in New Zealand. But the new list scheme is likely to be too rigid to be effective, and will...