Thursday, 9 January 2020
No quick housing fix, Dunedin mayor says
By Chris Morris
Dunedin's housing ‘‘crisis’’ will get worse before it gets better, Mayor Aaron Hawkins says.
He was commenting on new figures from CoreLogic which showed the
average price of a house in Dunedin had jumped 18% and, at $514,680, was
now above that found in Christchurch ($507,852).Mr Hawkins said a lack of new housing, including greenfields
developments, was one factor driving up prices, but there was no quick
fix.
The council had recently resolved an appeal against the city’s second generation district plan (2GP), which had been blamed for holding up the development of hundreds of new homes.
The 2GP itself had also been described by one property developer as ‘‘broken’’, despite rezoning 190ha of new land for residential development - providing space for up to 1200 new homes - and identifying a further 132ha of land for future development once needed.
Work on the 2GP began when Dunedin was expected to continue for
decades as a low-growth city with a population of fewer than 130,000.
Council staff had since had to revise plans after the city moved into a medium growth phase as its population passed 130,000 in 2018.
Abridged, full story at https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/no-quick-housing-fix-dunedin-mayor-says
The council had recently resolved an appeal against the city’s second generation district plan (2GP), which had been blamed for holding up the development of hundreds of new homes.
The 2GP itself had also been described by one property developer as ‘‘broken’’, despite rezoning 190ha of new land for residential development - providing space for up to 1200 new homes - and identifying a further 132ha of land for future development once needed.
Council staff had since had to revise plans after the city moved into a medium growth phase as its population passed 130,000 in 2018.
Abridged, full story at https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/no-quick-housing-fix-dunedin-mayor-says
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