Posts by Sacha
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Hard News: Helen Kelly's letter, in reply to B Jones,
It's not a consistent argument.
applies to so many areas of public discourse.
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Polity: Leaving only footprints, in reply to izogi,
competing with the MSC for some of the funding it used to get
the joys of neoliberalism
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Marc C,
How can we plan or change policies, be more inclusive, democratic and fair, when people do not participate, I wonder?
By investing enough in our processes to reduce the various barriers to involvement; and by being scrupulous about acknowledging who was not at the table.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Marc C,
People have the choice to participate, why do they not bother?
Most people have more immediate calls on their attention. We really can't blame them for that. Researchers constantly struggle with sample composition and this survey is no exception (p14, = p20 of PDF):
Efforts were made during recruitment and sampling to ensure that the final sample represented a variety of household types across Auckland, as it was considered by the research team that household composition plays a key role in driving housing needs and requirements. Despite best efforts, smaller households and single-parent households were slightly under-represented in the final sample.
With respect to individual characteristics of the respondents, it should be noted that Māori, Pacific and Asian people, and those in younger age groups (under 40 years) were also under-represented, when compared to the general population. Where appropriate, the results have been weighted to address this.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Marc C,
the housing that will be built will not be cheaper, it will not be affordable for the vast majority of people
and that is a very real problem, I agree.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Sacha,
Even after building more intense housing forms for the next few decades, most available dwellings across the region will still be single detached ones.
Ah, from p5 of the linked report (p11 of the PDF):
The results suggest that there is a mismatch between the current supply of dwelling typologies and the housing that Aucklanders would choose, if it were available. However, this mismatch appears to be decreasing with recent consents more aligned with the preferences expressed in this research.
Housing is developed to meet the needs of households at the time it is built. These needs and preferences change over time but housing is long lived. This leads to the mismatch between current needs and preferences and the existing stock of dwellings.
While a key finding is that the majority of households will still prefer stand-alone detached housing, it appears that this demand is more than satisfied by the existing stock of housing. The gap exists in terms of a shortfall in the numbers of attached dwellings and apartments.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Marc C,
Most people prefer to live in detached dwellings. Only if they face too high financial restraints will people make compromises and not live in detached dwellings.
I thnk we can agree many people face financial restraints in the current ridiculous Auckland housing 'market'. From p4 of the report (p10 of the PDF):
Although this research is not an exercise in measuring housing affordability, it is interesting to note that 23% of respondents could not afford any of the options provided in the survey, given the financial and household information they had provided.
From the same page:
Just over half (52%) chose detached dwellings as their final choice, 25% chose an attached dwelling (a joined unit), 15% selected a low-rise apartment and 8% selected a high-rise apartment.
I have worked with Regan Solomon who signed off this report. I therefore trust the integrity of the approach they used to find these figures. Thanks for the link.
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Speaker: Correcting Auckland 2040's…, in reply to Marc C,
A good mix is needed
Even after building more intense housing forms for the next few decades, most available dwellings across the region will still be single detached ones. Plenty of 'choice' for people who want those. Not so much for the rest of us. Increasing numbers of migrants, travelled NZers and young people do not aspire to live in isolated suburbs that requiire a car to go to the dairy.
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Hard News: Helen Kelly's letter, in reply to Russell Brown,
They also say they found no evidence to challenge the view that Sativex is "desirable and divertible".
Not so. See paras at top of p3 of the cover letter. Looks like they missed a 2013 reference, and are committing to review and revise that aspect of the offical advice. Says "no other" references were found, not none.
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RNZ's Todd Niall reminds us of the missing voices.
The new debate has yet to address the question of whether the views of existing residents should hold more weight in long-term decisions about an Auckland in which future generations will live.
It's something the Productivity Commision called a "democratic deficit" in it's report on Using Land for Housing.
"Homeowners exert disproportionate influence over council decision-making, often to conservative effect, as they seek to protect the value of their property," it observed.
Higher density housing is seen as crucial to produce more affordable housing in a city where the median house price is equivalent to ten times the median household income.
Density impacts not only this year's owners and voters, but those 10 and 20 years in to the future, posing a challenge to this year's politicians.
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