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Meadowbank & & S St Johns ns R Resident’s A Association Pres esen entation
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Residen ential
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Auckland’s Missing Middle
- It’s not just housing; it’s the right sort of housing
- Average price of new builds in Auckland in last two years $1M +
- Average size over 200m2
- Previous rules (density restrictions, largely) made it very difficult to build anything else,
leaving greenfields & stand alone in fill as almost our only option for new housing
- Increasing density is the key to addressing this
- Also addresses a number of other issues:
- Price / proximity / size trade off for home buyers – homes we like, in places we want to live, at price
points we can afford.
- Increased density houses more people in areas where we already have infrastructure – cheaper &
more efficient for Auckland Inc.
- Better transport outcomes, better services
- When nurses & teachers can’t afford to buy in Auckland, Auckland has a problem
- Density is not a dirty word, but the key to Auckland’s growth
- So we must do density well, efficiently, and in the right places.