Election 2017 - Party Policies - Housing - Building and Development
27th May 17, 9:30am
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Building and Development
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- ACT would share a portion of GST revenue collected from the construction of new housing with the local council to incentivise them to approve planning of new homes.
- The shared revenue would help cover the cost of infrastructure like roads, water and sewerage which councils must build to support new development.
- We also allow councils to use more flexible funding mechanisms for infrastructure.
- This could include permitting special targeted rates on new developments, to pay for the new infrastructure.
- Councils need both more flexibility and stronger incentives to plan for more housing.
- Read more here.
- Prioritise the development or refurbishment of previously developed land
- Revise the New Zealand Building Code to ensure inclusion of best practice accessibility and universal design standards for new buildings.
- Ensure urban development minimises car use and increases opportunities for active modes and public transport
- Within appropriate parameters of sustainability and attractiveness, encourage increased housing density in urban areas.
- Ensure building work carried out by central and local government sets a high standard of sustainability for others to follow.
- Read more here.
- Establish an Affordable Housing Authority to work with the private sector to cut through red tape and get new homes built fast.
- KiwiBuild programme will build 100,000 high quality, affordable homes over 10 years, with 50% of them in Auckland. A condition of sale will require buyers to hand back any capital gain if sold on within 5 years.
- Partner with private developers, councils and iwi to undertake major greenfields and revitalisation projects, building affordable homes with KiwiBuild and the private market.
- Remove the Auckland urban growth boundary and free up density controls.
- Read more here.
- Support communities to coordinate and expand on modern papakāinga as urban solutions to land scarcity.
- Plan better for the future, to ensure supply keeps pace with demand for homebuyers and tenants.
- Support cultural practices of extended whānau living arrangements to accommodate whānau housing needs by establishing an independent design review panel for all HNZC, urban regeneration and KWIG/Māori housing fund applicants.
- Support iwi-based and kaupapa Māori providers and consortia to participate in RfP processes through a non-competitive process that supports providers to become ‘investment ready’ and meet MSD contracting requirements.
- Read more here.
- Creating special housing areas in high demand areas across New Zealand to fast-track the building of homes.
- A $1 billion Housing Infrastructure Fund to accelerate new housing in the high-demand areas where it’s needed most. The new fund will focus squarely on financing infrastructure like roads and water needed to support new housing.
- Setting up independent Urban Development Authorities to speed up housing development in high-demand areas - they’ve proved successful in many other countries.
- Reforming the Resource Management Act to make it easier for councils and developers to get houses consented and built.
- Requiring Councils to ensure land supply for housing keeps pace with growth.
- Read more here.
- Recognise that there is a housing crisis by establishing a new state agency to acquire and develop land for residential development:
- Provide first home buyers with affordable residential sections under long term low interest sale and purchase agreements of up to 25 years.
- Purchasers would build their own homes using normal bank financing, with title to the section transferred to them and the amount owing for the section, secured by a second ranking statutory land charge.
- Read more here.
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