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July 4, 2023
COMMENTARY: By Chlöe Swarbrick In 1988, our National Housing Commission declared, “New Zealand does not have the huge, insoluble problems of homelessness and substandard housing which confront many other nations.” This was the final report of the then disestablished commission, which to that point had reported detailed data every five years to keep the country ... <a title="Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty – who pays the cost?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/07/04/chloe-swarbrick-housing-in-nz-a-major-driver-of-poverty-who-pays-the-cost/" aria-label="Read more about Chlöe Swarbrick: Housing in NZ a major driver of poverty – who pays the cost?">Read more</a>
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May 19, 2023
By Craig McCulloch, RNZ’s deputy political editor Young families are the clear target of Labour’s election-year Budget, but its flagship promise – cheaper childcare – will not kick in until next year. The 2023 Budget — billed as a “no frills” affair — is set against a volatile economic backdrop with the government now forecast ... <a title="NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/05/19/nzs-no-frills-cost-of-living-budget-centres-on-cheaper-childcare/" aria-label="Read more about NZ’s ‘no frills’ cost-of-living Budget centres on cheaper childcare">Read more</a>
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August 23, 2021
EVENING REPORT: On Friday August 20 the Reserve Bank of New Zealand governor Adrian Orr told Bloomberg that a fundamental imbalance in the New Zealand economy is a lack of supply within the residential housing market. But will a supply correction alone resolve New Zealand’s affordable housing crisis? Stephen Minto analyses this question.
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July 5, 2019
Call it “state housing”, “social housing” or this Government’s preference, “public housing” – it’s the accommodation solution that continues to be overlooked and neglected by both Labour and National governments. Sure, the current government might talk a lot about “public housing” and they might be building more state houses than the previous government, but it’s ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/07/05/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-is-it-time-for-a-programme-of-mass-state-house-building/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Is it time for a programme of mass state house building?">Read more</a>
