A Summary on How SHA’s Work
In light of the constant housing “crisis” in Auckland that keeps popping up and after I ran a post about the Weymouth Special Housing Area only yielding five houses in 12 months, I put together this following podcast on the Special Housing Areas otherwise known as SHAs.
I would like to thank Ree Anderson of the Housing Project Office for taking time last week to meet with me to walk me through the Housing Project Office, and the Special Housing Areas. A special thanks for the update on the big Wesley College SHA, and the Grafton SHA which had attracted controversy earlier. Also thank you to Angela for facilitating the meeting.
A Brief Walk Through the Special Housing Areas in Auckland
MP3 format for Mobile devices and those who cant access OGG files that I use
Reference Map of the Special Housing Areas
Reference Links
Housing supply and special housing areas
Housing supply and special housing areas – Special Housing Areas
Reference Material
The Auckland Housing Accord So Far
Update on SHA Consenting_masterplanning
Talking Southern Auckland 
Hi Ben,
I have just listened to your podcast. It is good that you are informing the public about SHA’s.
I am concerned that you have been misinformed about the Grafton SHA.
As far as the local existing residents are concerned mitigation did not happen with respect to this development being granted resource consent. In fact meaningful consultation was completely lacking due to the Housing Project Office structure and process.
There is a lot more that you need to understand about the process surrounding the designation of brownfield sites as SHA’s and the absolute lack of notification that occurs with the adjacent neighbours and local community both at this stage and at the resource consent stage.
I think it would be good to balance your podcast and your interview with Ree Anderson (Director of the HPO) with a podcast and interview with residents and a community that has been detrimentally impacted on by the designation of a brownfield SHA and the HPO process that goes along with this. It is important that New Zealanders know what lies ahead for them.
Action Grafton would like to invite you to a meeting to hear our perspective on the SHA development in Grafton.
Please contact me so we can arrange a meeting.
Kind Regards,
Libby
Morning Libby
I was wondering if you were going to leave a comment and I am thankful that you have.
I did bring Grafton up with Ree to see what response I would get (as it was part of the wider questioning around the Brownfield SHA’s) and that is what I have on it. Oddly the piece on the Wesley College SHA has not garnered a response yet however, still early days yet around that one.
Now I know Council is checking the podcast as I speak (once their Council servers are back up fully owing to the crash causing the valuations overload) and no doubt I will get a further response from the Housing Project Office.
In good faith with you and the Action Grafton team I accept your offer on interviewing the Action Grafton. My email is in the Contact tab of the blog.
That said and with Action Grafton’s permission I might forward the interview to Deputy Mayor Hulse to keep her apprised as her and I talk Auckland issues regularly.
-Ben-