English was partially right but missed the wider Context National are known to miss. More needs to be fleshed out on the entire mess before we start playing with National Policy Statements, and National Environment Standards that are allowed under the Resource Management Act.
More on this later with hopefully a guest post as well
Commentator and former National Party President Michelle Boag this afternoon tried to call the housing issue an Auckland problem. I can categorically state with 100% surety that this is a load of utter crap.
Yes, house prices are rising faster in Auckland than pretty much anywhere else, and yes some parts of the nation are experiencing stagnant or falling prices, this has always and probably will always be the case. This, however does not mean that Joe and Jane Bloggs can afford to buy their own home in Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch or Dunedin. Incomes in all of these centres is lower and the house price to income ratio is, while not quite as extreme as in Auckland, still pretty out of kilter.
Bill English blames councils for this issue, and he blames the Resource Management Act. He blamed Labour when they were in power too, but despite having had 6…
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