KiwiBuild

Benefits for both the Govt & developers in buying off the plans scheme

23 Jun 18, 10:01am

Offering guarantees to private developers probably carries less risk for the Government than developing affordable homes itself, Greg Ninness says
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Building costs up over 30% in past 10 years

20 Jun 18, 1:20pm

David Hargreaves

33 comments

Latest QV Costbuilder report shows average cost of building a home in the main centres rose 3.4% in the year to April; Christchurch followed by Auckland are the most expensive places to build
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A test of Govt's resolve on housing

18 Jun 18, 1:07pm

David Hargreaves

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David Hargreaves argues that the Government needs to commit 'all in' to the Kiwibuild programme to ensure our chronic housing shortage is resolved
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'Overwhelming interest from Kiwibuild developers'

13 Jun 18, 12:24pm

David Hargreaves

47 comments

Housing Minister coy on actual numbers of houses to result from the Kiwibuild 'Buying off the Plans' tender
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Twyford launches new Ministry of Housing and Urban Development

8 Jun 18, 9:51am

Jason Walls

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Housing Minister Phil Twyford says Ministry of Housing and Urban Development will help drive KiwiBuild and will be operational by the end of the year
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Will capacity constraints scuttle Labour's KiwiBuild plan? Yeah … Nah!

3 Jun 18, 9:40am

Rodney Dickens

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Rodney Dickens says higher construction demand will soon attract building capacity, so KiwiBuild's demands will be responded to by industry without starving other sectors for long
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RBNZ boss thinks KiwiBuild homes should be exempt from LVR restrictions

2 Jun 18, 12:47pm

Jason Walls

49 comments

Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says if the aim is to get more people into houses, it makes sense restrictions don't apply to KiwiBuild
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'Kiwibuild needs expert group set up'

28 May 18, 3:13pm

David Hargreaves

31 comments

Salvation Army questions ability of government departments to handle the flagship house building plan; seeks establishment of group to deliver houses 'quickly and at affordable cost'
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Kiwibuild will be 'a slow grind'

28 May 18, 12:01pm

David Hargreaves

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Westpac economists say the stepping up of Kiwibuild activity will be even 'more gradual' than Treasury's forecasts that have been criticised by the Housing Minister
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Twyford: 'We don’t intend to be reckless'

25 May 18, 9:27am

Jenée Tibshraeny

112 comments

Government to exercise 'caution' when deciding which private developments to underwrite as a part of KiwiBuild; Consultant says the real risk with the scheme is that not enough developers get on board
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Cartoon by Jacky Carpenter. (c) interest.co.nz

Treasury stands by its KiwiBuild forecast, despite strong Government opposition

24 May 18, 1:27pm

Jason Walls

32 comments

Treasury Secretary Gabriel Makhlouf says he is “disappointed” with the Housing Minister’s comments that his officials are “kids… disconnected from reality”
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Twyford ‘accepts’ he went too far, but stops short of an apology

22 May 18, 4:05pm

Jason Walls

54 comments

Minister of Housing Phil Twyford says MBIE correctly diagnosed the weakness in the Treasury’s KiwiBuild forecast & they're the ones implementing the policy
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Ardern pulls Twyford into line over Treasury comments

21 May 18, 5:19pm

Jason Walls

42 comments

On Friday, Phil Twyford slammed Treasury officials for their KiwiBuild forecasts, calling them 'kids… disconnected from reality' – the Prime Minister says he went too far
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Twyford slams Treasury's accounting around KiwiBuild

18 May 18, 3:58pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

29 comments

MBIE believes the value of residential property investment over the next 5 years will be 2-5 times higher than Treasury projects; Twyford says Treasury's math is 'simply wrong'
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KiwiBuild spend pushed out further into future

17 May 18, 2:14pm

Jenée Tibshraeny

65 comments

Treasury halves forecast progress for KiwiBuild; Government to borrow to build 5,800 new public houses over four years
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'People are saying we may fail. I would rather try than do nothing at all'

15 May 18, 11:44am

Jenée Tibshraeny

153 comments

Ardern admits a $650,000 three-bedroom KiwiBuild home will still be unaffordable for 'too many', but says it's better than the Government doing nothing
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Kiwibuild is either a flagship, or it isn't

14 May 18, 9:55am

David Hargreaves

113 comments

David Hargreaves says the Government needs to decide whether or not it is prepared to fully commit to a policy that was a key election platform
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Govt's $42 bln capital spending pledge

10 May 18, 12:10pm

David Hargreaves

51 comments

Finance Minister Grant Robertson says ahead of next week's Budget announcement that the Govt will be spending $10 bln more over the next five years than the previous Govt promised; Is that it? asks National's Amy Adams
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Good intentions may not be enough

10 May 18, 10:50am

David Hargreaves

85 comments

David Hargreaves sees bad signs from the Government's so-called Kiwibuild 'buying off the plans' scheme
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Kiwibuild: Taxpayers underwrite private developers

9 May 18, 3:33pm

David Hargreaves

82 comments

Some 80% of the 'Kiwibuild' houses planned for completion in the 2019 financial year will be constructed by private developers underwritten by the taxpayer
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