Housing – Page 4 – Dr Oliver Hartwich

New housing strategy needed

14/12/2016

Unaffordable housing does not have to be the price we have to pay for living in a globally connected city. And telling people on average incomes to just put up with it is the modern equivalent of Marie Antoinette’s ‘Let them eat cake’.

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Housing New Zealand’s migrants

12/08/2016

New Zealand’s dysfunctional housing market should not dictate migration policy.

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Treating symptoms is not a cure

03/06/2016

There is no shortage of ingenious ideas for the housing crisis. I prefer a simple one, though: Build more homes. And build them now.

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Housing policies in short supply

29/04/2016

Forget about land value taxes. New Zealand needs an overhaul of both the planning system and the financing of local infrastructure.

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Planning rules the cause of housing crisis

29/11/2015

Three modest proposals for restoring housing affordability.

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A house is a home

25/09/2015

Increased affordability will not make Aucklanders feel richer – but it will make the country better off as a whole.

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A Vehicle Management Act for NZ

14/08/2015

In the interest of an ever wealthier New Zealand, let’s make our cars more expensive. It might even help future politicians win elections on the back of a buoyant vehicle market.

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Dead horses do not build houses

24/04/2015

If there is a housing shortage at the root of our affordability crisis, the best response is to increase housing supply.

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How to build rational building expectations?

20/04/2015

The best we can do about Auckland’s housing shortage apart from building more houses is to establish a rational expectation that houses will be built in the future.

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Land rules deter competition

31/10/2014

Land regulations are a cost and concern to New Zealand businesses, and they are probably a factor affecting the cost of living through land prices and competition effects.

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