Tag: Housing

The cheapest and most expensive regions to rent in the country at the moment have been revealed in a new report. Figures released by Massey

Read MoreReport: The cheapest and most expensive places to rent in NZ

The dream of homeownership is fading for many New Zealanders and a new report has revealed eight in 10 feel it is now impossible to

Read MoreHousing: Eight in 10 New Zealanders believe homeownership impossible – report

Home at last: how COVID took homelessness off the streets During the pandemic, many homeless people were housed in hotels – it was supposed to

Read MoreHome at last: how COVID took homelessness off the streets

The infrastructure levy introduced last year is a start but New Zealand is behind its contemporaries. Massey University economics professor Graham Squires More weight needs

Read MoreInnovative infrastructure funding needed for affordable homes

Private rental property owners do not have a moral obligation to provide houses to anyone, including vulnerable tenants, the New Zealand Property Investors Federation says.

Read MoreProperty investors and ‘moral obligation’

Private housing infrastructure funding charges might be the best way to speed up development and boost housing supply, a property academic says. House prices increased

Read MorePrivate infrastructure charges ‘the answer to boost housing supply’

As the Government tightens rules for property investors, it’s talking up a less common type of rental development. What are ‘build-to-rent’ schemes, and how could

Read MoreBuilding a case for ‘build-to-rent’ developments

[800 Words; 5 Minute Read] Research methodology often incorporates case studies, and it is important to outline case study epistemological merits and limitations. Firstly, the

Read MoreCase study research – using case studies by geography

Given some recent announcements on social (public) housing provision in New Zealand, I have graphed the changes in tenure since 1991 to the start of

Read MoreNew Zealand Tenure Changes 1991 to 2016

[1100 Words; 4 Minute Read] “Decent, affordable housing is fundamental to the health and well-being of people and to the smooth functioning of economies” (Woetzel

Read MoreHousing Affordability Determinants

Introduction [3000 Words; 23 Minute Read] The last few decades globally has seen a move away from seeing housing design as part of the development

Read MoreHousing Development and Design in Cities

Great stories piece on State Housing in New Zealand. Only 4% of total stock but has been an essential part of the fabric since 1906.

Read MoreState Housing New Zealand

Interesting house price index from The Economist post GFC

https://doi.org/10.1080/21681376.2019.1643777

Here’s part of an article I wrote for the main online NZ media outlet stuff.co.nz on housing affordability prior to the 2017 election… Talk of

Read More2 years on: Is the Housing Affordability crisis still a crisis?

Institutions providing access to housing in all tenures have become further entrenched and exposed to financial risk. Literature on housing policy trends and financial risk

Read MoreTowards Financial Risk and Housing Policy Trends

Arguing the case for housing as needing radical political and economic attention

Good compendium of journal papers looking at affordable housing as the contemporary crisis unfolds

Arguing early on that markets are driven by psychological and social factors rather than fundamental values. Especially in later editions that consider housing market bubbles.

A thorough body of work exploring poverty from theory to practice as applied to the United Kingdom. Published at a pivotal political turn in 1979.

A political economy look at owner-occupation at the turn of the 21st century