Freeing up more land won't solve Auckland housing crisis, professor says
John Tookey offers an alternative solution.
UPDATE: At midday, the government announced a 10-year, $2 billion Housing NZ plan to build 34,000 state houses in Auckland. Below, Prof John Tookey says boosting state houses is one of the few ways to get ahead of a market, although he also suggests a couple of others.
Only 7200 new residences
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Freeing up more land won't solve Auckland housing crisis, professor says
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