Housing Rethink: Govt Set to Slash 2m-Home Plan and Pull Back From Auckland Suburbs

More Flexibility For Auckland Housing Plan

Housing growth in Auckland is critical to fixing our housing crisis, driving growth and raising living standards, the central mission of this Government, Mr Bishop says.

Govt dials back Auckland housing intensification

Housing Minister Chris Bishop. Photo: RNZ (file) By Anneke Smith of RNZ  The government has agreed to lower the maximum number of houses in Auckland from 2 million to at least 1.6 million.

Bishop to slash 400,000 dwellings from Auckland's 2m capacity requirement

Analysis: If media reports are right that Chris Bishop took soundings on a pre-Christmas leadership bid (and I myself haven’t even taken soundings on whether this did happen!) then it’s probably also true that a looming announcement is the dead rat he must swallow as punishment. He’ll front up to the business-backed Committee for Auckland at lunchtime, to reveal the changes the Government is imposing on the city’s planning – an unusually clunky …

Housing rethink: Govt set to slash 2m-home plan and pull back from Auckland suburbs

Housing Minister Chris Bishop will today reduce the controversial plan to allow for two million more homes under Auckland’s new planning rules. One source...

Government expected to make announcement on Auckland housing plan U-turn

The Housing Minister has had to grapple with a process which he says is "legally complicated".

Government cuts Auckland housing capacity target to 1.6 Million

Stock photo. The Government has announced it will amend the Resource Management Act (RMA) to reduce the minimum housing capacity requirement under Auckland Council’s Plan Change 120 from just over two million homes to at least 1.6 million, a move Housing and RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says will better align growth with infrastructure and community support — but which opposition parties have labelled a ‘humiliating backdown’ for Bishop. Spe…