Bipartisan progress on housing
Sometimes, when the Legislature is in session, good policy may indeed be the outcome. [...]
Housing
No copyright on good policy thinking
It is always encouraging to see opposition parties come up with good policy thinking. It is even more gratifying for us as a think tank to see many of our ideas entering the political debate. [...]
Incentives on the agenda
Between a policy idea and its political take-up, many years can pass. But that makes it even more satisfying when it eventually happens. [...]
Building for an ageing population
These sober findings put debates around New Zealand’s housing crisis into a different perspective. As bad as the housing market situation is today, there is worse to come if we do not unlock the supply side of the housing market now. [...]
The government’s housing toolbox
We can only hope that the replacement of the RMA will give the government new tools for its housing toolbox. [...]
Housing needs supply-side fix
Voters should ask a simple question about any new housing proposal: Will it make it easier to build more homes? If the answer is not “yes,” these are not the policies Australia or New Zealand need to fix our countries’ housing crises. [...]
An open letter to Mike Hosking on housing
Bad government policies are the main reason housing is unaffordable. Said differently, if government wants to make housing more affordable, it could do so simply by getting out of the way. [...]
New Zealand’s top job
Being a house is the most attractive job in New Zealand today. If you do not believe me, let me tell you the story of our family home. [...]
Nowhere to live
Last week, a paper by the Helen Clark Foundation garnered much media attention. Somewhere to live presented the Foundation’s views on housing policy. I read the document with an open mind and personal curiosity. [...]
New Zealand’s biggest social scandal
There is nothing in our housing affordability data we should ever get used to. They are and remain outrageous. [...]