Posts by John Palethorpe
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Here’s the thing about intensification in richer areas, it helps younger and new buyers to get homes. It really does. Here’s how.
An established buyer or portfolio holder, with sufficient funds, wants to buy in one of the richer areas, but there’s no properties there. As a result, they buy in a cheaper area. That’s one house less for a first time buyer. Rinse, repeat – prices rise and the area becomes unaffordable.
Now, if there’s housing available in that richer area as well as more housing in a cheaper area, there’s supply for the demand for the richer areas and those who can’t buy in those areas aren’t competing with them in other cheaper areas.
It’s a false argument that developing more housing in rich areas doesn’t help people with lower incomes buy houses, based upon people seeing the rich areas alone, rather than the role that they play in the housing market as a whole.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
The world really is turning upside down then!
What next? Winston advocating Green policies....
http://www.newshub.co.nz/environmentsci/winston-peters-phase-out-1080-2016022420#axzz414oEq3cV
Oh.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Matthew Hooton,
Have to disagree with you there, Matthew, based on the submissions by the Government that have already been made. They value the effective operation of the engine producing 1/3 of GDP. See: Amy Adams' submission here - http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/UPSubs/UPASEP000318.pdf
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Glenn Pearce,
Not a vote winner but pragmatic and economically sensible. Given the wrangle over the CRL, imagine this Govt choosing an approach which will cost them billions more in transport and other infrastructure.
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Hard News: So what now?, in reply to Russell Brown,
They seem to be relying on a National MP in a Government which has specifically asked for greater intensity suddenly changing their mind because of a small but vocal opposition.
There's a trace of amusement to be found in their apparent certainty that a small group of committed people can turn this Government's economic policy around (after all, no other protest group has managed it). A policy which outright rely on maximising the growth of Auckland while reducing infrastructure costs for the Govt. That means intensification.
I am considering erecting a deckchair and getting some popcorn for what happens next.
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Given Nick Smith's comments that the Auckland submissions are now 'nonsense' due to the withdrawl of justifiable zoning planning, I'd say we're headed to the Independent Hearing Panel without a strong voice for Auckland.
Should the 2040 lot put more pressure on the Councillors to reject the final plan that the Independent Hearing Panel proposes, it's more than reasonable to assume that the Government will not let six years of work from many agencies go down the drain because some people can't see beyond their own tiny slice of Auckland.
In that case, what happened to Canterbury will happen to Auckland. Government will appoint commissioners to oversee the plan and then the intensification happens anyway.
Burton and his troops may be celebrating, but that is characteristic of people who literally cannot see beyond the short term. They've actually lost, and lost hugely. They just don't realise it yet.
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Polity: Leaving only footprints, in reply to Russell Brown,
In fairness Russell, after a week in the classroom the absolute silence of a trail and the certain absence of children makes tramping one of my absolute favourite 'not a teacher' thing to do.
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Yes, we saw that. My account and MegaPopes were both posted there.
The leader chap, he may be attention seeking. It's his followers who are the disturbing ones. They BELIEVE.
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Speaker: Stand Up for Women, in reply to SHG,
Hi SHG!
I was always half convinced it'd come to nothing as I said earlier this week: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/toxic-pro-rape-groups-new-zealand-meetings-to-be-targeted-by-protesters
Half's not enough though, especially with these clowns. If on Sunday they claim victory with mythical numbers from each location, we'll still be laughing at them. From declaring they'd stay public, open and that they couldn't be stopped to slamming on the brakes, issuing seriously weird instructions for attendees and proving themselves as terrified fools - that's not a bad thing.
But like I said up there, the problem's beyond just this man and his crew of twits and it's an opportunity for a big, positive action around it.
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The organiser of the ROK meet ups has cancelled them. All of them. Worldwide. The level of planned protest scared them off. Nice work everyone!
BUT WE ARE STILL GOING TO PARTY!
Because while we were spurred into action by these meetings, and even though them cancelling is a victory - we still want to stand and be seen for victims of misogyny and harassment, survivors of rape and sexual abuse, the LGBTQ community and everyone who is harmed by misogyny. Including men. We can't allow these views to fester in our country. This is a great opportunity to bring awareness to a greater issue. Our work isn't done because they are cowards.
See you Saturday. 8pm. Aotea Square.
Now, it's WHOLLY possible these guys are lying and are still organising behind their password protected forum. But publicly they've been forced backwards from chest thumping in public places to pack ratting in the gutters. It's a win, and we'll be ready for them next time.