New Zealand’s housing crisis has causes everyone recognises – Resource Management Act restrictions, building consent delays, infrastructure that cannot keep pace with growth and building costs. All are real. But there is a deeper problem almost nobody mentions: for councils, population growth is an unwelcome burden.
Deputy Prime Minister David Seymour signalled last week that the May 28 Budget may finally begin to fix that. Speaking on Herald NOW, he indicated that councils may receive a share of GST from housing construction activity.
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