Coalition For More Homes Opposes Proposal for Fewer Homes

Reports that Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is intending to backtrack on Auckland’s Plan Change 120 are deeply concerning to the Coalition for More Homes. Any changes to the plan, including lowering the total housing capacity that it delivers, will only serve to delay and complicate much-needed housing affordability wins.

The NPS-UD, passed in 2020, promised Auckland more intensification around critical transit stations and major centres. Back-and-forth politics and Auckland Council’s predatory stalling tactics have already pushed this back again-and-again for 5 years. With more delay, the first apartment delivered by 2020’s promise may not be open until well into the 2030s.

“Waiting until 2035 to deliver real cost-of-living wins is a generation too late for those struggling to find affordable housing in our largest city.” says Scott Caldwell, spokesperson for Coalition for More Homes.

Reducing rents and house prices is the best way for the Government to tackle the cost-of-living. Auckland’s 2016 Unitary Plan proved that by cutting planning red tape and bureaucracy we can deliver real housing affordability wins by increasing the overall housing supply.

“Cities all over Australia, England, Canada, and the United States are fast-tracking housing plans to quickly deal with housing affordability issues. Auckland’s brain drain will only get worse if we get left in the dust.”

Coalition for More Homes calls on the government to re-affirm its commitment to “The economy of ‘Yes’”. Bipartisan commitment to housing supply will deliver cost-of-living wins for Aucklanders. Tinkering with housing targets will not.