The Coalition For More Homes Welcomes Today’s Housing Announcement

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The Coalition for More Homes welcomes the announcement of the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Bill, which will accelerate and build upon the National Policy Statement on Urban Development. It is a major step forward in allowing more housing to be built, in existing urban areas close to public transport, services and amenities.

Enabling three storeys ‘as of right’ across Auckland will help to meet demand for townhouses and low-rise apartments in all areas of the city. This aligns with a key policy position of the Coalition for More Homes.

Making three storeys the minimum zoning will allow everything from stand alone houses to three storey walk up apartments in all locations.

Denser housing typologies use less carbon per person for construction and heating, while also supporting more carbon-efficient public and active transport options. Intensification within our major cities will reduce pressure for outwards sprawl, make more efficient use of existing infrastructure and units are typically smaller and therefore are more affordable to both rent and buy.

The exclusion of character as a qualifying matter is a major and necessary step to enable more people to live in the most accessible and liveable parts of Auckland, and other cities around Aotearoa, which are currently subject to such controls. The existing character controls have failed to deliver good outcomes by allowing heavy modifications to existing housing, degrading character, while only succeeding in excluding development to support more dwellings and residents. The Coalition for More Homes supports the strengthening of heritage protections for heritage listed buildings.

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  1. This idea of building higher density homes can be both good and bad. Good as it provides more homes, bad cause it will push the value of land up as developer can make more money from maxing out the land. Bad because some suburbs may be at risk of becoming ghettos, bad because some suburbs may be hit harder than others particularly poorer suburbs where many people don’t have a voice or deep pockets to fight development that may be detrimental to them in areas like loss of light and insufficient green areas for families.
    Then the other issues, not enough builders and workers and the rising costs and availability of materials. And if we bring in more workers from overseas then we need more more houses and when does it all stop.

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