Public Address | Cafe | Polity: A short history of half-baked housing blunders https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rosemary McDonald https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=360242#post360242 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=360242#post360242 It is time to vote these criminals out of office, as what they allowed to happen is criminal in my view.

It is time Labour and Greens make more efforts to attract and interest the missing million, there is no alternative

Funny, isn't it, that many of us are saying…

]]> Thu, 05 May 2016 23:06:03 +1200 Marc C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=360124#post360124 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=360124#post360124 Thu, 05 May 2016 16:28:15 +1200 Marc C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359904#post359904 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359904#post359904 Tue, 03 May 2016 00:44:13 +1200 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359891#post359891 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359891#post359891 On to of that there was the axing of many apprenticeships leading to the current shortage of construction workers.

Hell, much of the apprenticeship system itself went out the door with the passage of the old Employment Contracts Act, and NZ has been playing a game of catch-up since. On…

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 21:53:40 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359881#post359881 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359881#post359881 This could be a possible solution to Auckland's housing problems:
an airline that lets you fly as much as you want for a flat fee.

One could even see the Uber business model being included – pilots with 100 hrs on Microsoft Flight Simulator and a few touch and goes…

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 18:53:03 +1200 Steve Barnes https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359854#post359854 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359854#post359854 we do not even have enough builders and other tradespeople that are needed to catch up with demand.

Well, who can you blame for that? Labour?.... erm... no.
Back when all those leaky buildings were built, National changed the rules, moved the goalposts and unleveled the playing field. By kowtowing…

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 14:36:15 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359827#post359827 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359827#post359827 The Home Truths series didn’t address the following, which I think are crucial elements in the existence of property bubbles:

You also forgot the effect of weekly stories in that same newspaper highlighting the enormous amounts of wealth that could be generated by investing in the Auckland housing market.

Not…

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 10:32:08 +1200 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359826#post359826 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359826#post359826 the seeds of this were sewn

This enraged me unreasonably.

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 10:28:17 +1200 Sofie Bribiesca https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359821#post359821 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359821#post359821 Really? Sure it’s a problem, but National have done more to “try” and fix it than Labour ever did.

More? Bill English, Paula Bennett, Nick Smith are the Ministers responsible for HNZ and this from the Herald pretty much sums up their expertise.

Always with the jobs for the boys .…

]]> Mon, 02 May 2016 08:30:36 +1200 Marc C https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359755#post359755 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359755#post359755 From the post above:
"It also tried to quell unease by giving certain home purchasers government grants to help buy homes. Not surprisingly, this had no helpful impact on house prices, as the extra money served to fuel demand rather than limit it."

Hear no evil, see no evil, hear…

]]> Sat, 30 Apr 2016 00:31:49 +1200 Kurt Mastrovich https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359752#post359752 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359752#post359752 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 23:26:12 +1200 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359747#post359747 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359747#post359747 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 20:05:09 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359746#post359746 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359746#post359746 leeky buildings?
The tragic irony is that Key’s much-vaunted state house upbringing was in the pepper-potted suburb of Brydnwr
...that'd be Bryndwr
I love the description of the suburb, hell city, where Key grew up:
Bryndwr (/ˈbrɪndwər/ brind-wər; Welsh: [brənˈduːr]) is a suburb in the north-west of Christchurch, New Zealand.…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:47:00 +1200 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359745#post359745 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359745#post359745 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:46:02 +1200 Russell Brown https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359742#post359742 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359742#post359742 Wasn’t that Hobsonville? A good mix of social housing and private housing – scotched by Key as soon at the NACTs came into office.

Yeah, Hobsonville, The tragic irony is that Key's much-vaunted state house upbringing was in the pepper-potted suburb of Brydnwr – exactly the kind of mixed housing…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:27:14 +1200 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359741#post359741 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359741#post359741 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:26:42 +1200 Jim Cathcart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359739#post359739 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359739#post359739 The Home Truths series didn't address the following, which I think are crucial elements in the existence of property bubbles:

– How banks rely on wholesale funding to fund mortgages

– How banks are deposits are created from loans and the extent of leverage that entails

– Since 1984, how…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 19:19:50 +1200 Lindsey Rea https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359708#post359708 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359708#post359708 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:46:36 +1200 Hilary Stace https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359704#post359704 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359704#post359704 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:04:27 +1200 Ian Pattison https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359703#post359703 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359703#post359703 The average house price went up $200,00 in Labour’s entire 9-year term. Under National, it went up 24% in one year (2015) which eclipses all increases that occurred under Labour.

National have done almost nothing to stop it. The SHAs have been a farce, the $50 million to secure land…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:02:56 +1200 bob daktari https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359701#post359701 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359701#post359701 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:57:35 +1200 Tom Johnson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359700#post359700 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359700#post359700 Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:55:07 +1200 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359696#post359696 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359696#post359696 As I posted on another thread, when the UK government altered the tax treatment of mortgage interest in 1988, house prices went from rising rapidly to falling and dropped maybe 20%.

If you really want to stop house prices rising, you introduce a 100% tax on the amount the sale…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:33:36 +1200 andrew001 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359694#post359694 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359694#post359694 "after 8 years of National being in power, calling the shots" ...

So what? All i'm saying is that everyone blames National for house prices in Auckland rising, when in fact the seeds of this were sewn decades ago. There is no quick fix. In fact, short of massively increasing…

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:15:26 +1200 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359692#post359692 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359692#post359692 House prices double in NZ under Labour, nothing to see here.
House prices double, in Auckland under National, massive problem of unbelievable proportions?
That was then, this is now...
you know, after 8 years of National being in power, calling the shots...

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 13:06:59 +1200 andrew001 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359691#post359691 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359691#post359691 House prices double in NZ under Labour, nothing to see here. House prices double, in Auckland under National, massive problem of unbelievable proportions?

Really? Sure it's a problem, but National have done more to "try" and fix it than Labour ever did.

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:51:49 +1200 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359690#post359690 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/polity-a-short-history-of-half-baked-housing/?p=359690#post359690 Discussion from blog post.

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