Housing targets have long been a political football. They are also an emotional political subject.
Would it not be better to take some of the heat out of the housing debate and ask more systematically how we could better plan for future housing supply?
Auckland’s housing target shrank twice to find a politically acceptable number. The council had already spent $13 million preparing a plan change. More than 10,000 Aucklanders submitted.
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