Greens stepping up with real political leadership
From transport relief to housing reform, the Greens are putting forward a policy platform that directly targets the crises facing New Zealanders.
housing crisis
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Greens unveil plan to end homelessness and fix housing crisis
The Green Party housing plan New Zealand aims to end homelessness, strengthen renters’ rights and fix the housing crisis.
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There’s a cultural, political and economic difference between propertied Boomers and Pensioners
NZ pensioners face rising poverty while propertied Boomers thrive. A stark divide exposing inequality in housing, wealth and cost of living.
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How will allowing foreign millionaires buy $5 million mansions going to help Kiwis other than Luxon?
New policy allows foreign buyers to purchase $5 million homes. But will it help Kiwis or drive inequality and housing pressure?
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Housing Crisis in NZ: Progressive Solutions for Affordable Living
New Zealand’s housing crisis continues despite falling prices. Here are progressive policy solutions that could improve affordability and reduce speculation.
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GUEST BLOG: Class War: Leadership Counts
Guest Blog: Pat O’Dea argues New Zealand faces a stark choice between austerity and taxing wealth as poverty, housing insecurity and inequality deepen.
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Government will now arrest the homeless that they have created!
The Government’s move toward criminalising homelessness in New Zealand follows major cuts to emergency housing and welfare. Is this policy solving poverty — or punishing it?
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Economy in meltdown and the broken privatisation experiment never more apparent – so why is NZ Left floundering?
Rising unemployment, collapsing public services, and growing inequality expose New Zealand as a failed privatisation experiment — and raise hard questions for the Left.
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National’s housing spokesperson Michael Woodhouse – delusional or outright fibber?
The recent Housing Report reveals National’s ineptitude when it came to homelessness and housing unaffordability. Even retiring baby-boomers do not escape National’s incompetence when it came to unrestrained migration; insufficient housing stock; spiralling speculation; and poorly-planned infrastructure to cope with a rising population;
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National continues to panic on housing crisis as election day looms
National’s “grand plans” for 220 new social and transitional places remains woefully short of the 1,138 houses that National sold off to IHC’s Accessible Properties at the end of March. It is also unclear what is meant by ” transitional places”. Are these actual houses? Or motel units, à la Auckland-style;
