Housing
Building issues
Boundary and height issues
Land values
Quality of materials issues eg steel reinforcing
Infrastructure to accompany new building
Payment arrangements
Greenfield / Brownfield
Political Leadership
LGA 2002 as amended applies
Crown Fibre Holdings repurposed
Modular & offsite construction
Planning and Resource Management
Quality issues
Safety
Weathertightness
Insulation
Warrant of fitness
Affordability issues
Debto to income guidelines for mortage providers
Risks of price drop. Stress test results & mortgage interest
Limitations of willing buyer / willing seller model
Information disclosure (no WOF for houses)
Research resources
Local Government NZ
Productivity Commission
New Zealand Initiative
Auckland Action Against Poverty
List of housing policy options available by political context
Action Station
Renters United
Salvation Army Give Me Shelter 2013
Graham Squires (Stuff): Election 2017: Clash between home owners and generation rent looms
David Hargreaves Stuff.co.nz
Collette Devlin and Matt Stewart
National Vs Labour-Green Housing Debate intensifies Bernard Hickey Newsroom
Leonie Freeman. Thehomepage.nz Future Scenario
Professor Tookey Briefing Paper on Housing Affordability
Data availability
Property Institute article on Stuff
Property Institute
Labour and National failing with housing
The wider context of housing
NIMBY effects
Disaster management
Old age accommodation and licence to occupy issues
Intergenerational inequity
Compact city and urban design issues
Public Transport
School Zoning adding to costs
Auckland centric growth
Availability of homes
Available housing allocation
Orphan ideas
Rate of new builds
Strong immigration gains
Issues remain from the "leaky buildings" crisis
New node
Party Policies
Labour Party Policy
KiwiBuild
Removing tax incentives
National Party
Green Party
New Zealand First
ACT
Māori Party
United Future
The Opportunities Party
Mana Party
Conservative Party
Housing need
Maori
Biggest group of severely stressed homeless poor quality rental
additional manakitanga responsibilities on whanau
Massive expectations on marae in times of stress eg Te Puea, Kaikoura
Support to and work on papa kainga projects
Social Housing / HNZ tenant
Security
Affordability
Autonomy
Safety, neighbours
Security of tenure
Limited options & location
House Buyer/Owner
Vulnerability to financial shocks
Availability of low cost options
Obstacles eg loan to value, rising interest rates
Affordability
Private Tenant
Safe, secure, quality, affordability,
Landlord relationship
Tenancy issues eg length, security
Negative perceptions of tenants
Expense of rents
Accommodation supplements
Adequate information
Supplier side
Developer
Rules hold back investment
Reducing investment risk
Profitable and sustainable business
Simplified planning and resource management rules
Problems with infrastructure funding issues in new developments
Greater consistency across local bodies
Community Housing Providers
Building scale in home building
Access to capital
Difficulties related to partnering with government
Competition between community providers is negative
Competition between community providers poses problems.
CHP's are close to their communities
Short funding streams make trustees risk averse
Overseas CHPs are a threat to localised knowledge and delivery
Homelessness
No laws on failing to use property
Over-crowding
Tenant Landlord is not amenable to a willing buyer willing seller arrangement because of power imbalance
Harsh laws on squatting
People facing severe housing stress
Inadequate money to live and pay housing costs
Extreme vulnerability
Often other factors eg unemployment, health issues
Issues of poverty - indebtedness, low standing with others, loss of confidence
Falling through gaps in provision
Local Government
Perspective
Government
Making development land available
Urban development zones
Special housing areas
Addressing infrastructure costs
Selling the housing stock to private providers
Mix of housing for different purposes
State (HNZ) to social housing - building capacity of private providers
Nationally consistent planning rules and independent adjudication
Addressing issues GDP growth, rapidly rising population & immigration
Various mandates to councils eg making new land available, simplifying rules
Social Housing Provider
Scaling-up has challenges
Social housing can be more responsive to local conditions
Competition between social housing providers can limit opportunities
Social housing can work well with councils
Some councils would like to be social housing providers but can't access the income related rents