Auckland risks becoming a 'failed city' due to housing shortfall, developer warns

The head of the Housing NZ subsidiary says housing industry faces a raft of challenges but also has a “massive opportunity” to make changes.

Dane Ambler
Wed, 21 Feb 2018

Hobsonville developer Homes Land Community (HLC) chief executive Chris Aiken says the housing system has “failed to deliver” and Auckland is at risk of becoming a “failed city” if developers and the government cannot team up to provide affordable housing in the near future.

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