Denser housing coming for Auckland, but not (necessarily) in your back yard

Denser housing coming for Auckland, but not (necessarily) in your back yard

An election year deal removes an order from Wellington to allow multiple three-storey houses across Auckland – and sets the mayor and council a political challenge The post Denser housing coming for Auckland, but not (necessarily) in your back yard appeared first on Newsroom.

More Housing Plan Changes on the way for Auckland - Greater Auckland

The government requiring the council to zone for more housing in Auckland is dead, long live the government requiring the council to zone for more housing in Auckland. One of the governments key housing polices when was to make optional the Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) requirement for councils to allow up to three storey town houses throughout our cities, something National made a bipartisan deal with the former Labour government …