PHOTO: SUPPLIED A WikiHouse under construction. Could we all build our own homes?
Phil Twyford is the latest victim of a housing affordability crisis that’s broken successive housing ministers; his dumping from the portfolio is an admission from the Government that its flagship Kiwibuild policy is not fit for purpose. But Kiwibuild is only the latest failed attempt at fixing a seemingly intractable problem with the housing market.
It’s not just an Auckland problem any more either. The ripples of the housing crisis are spreading to regional New Zealand as well. So Stuff asked experts what their fix would be to correct course on Kiwibuild.
Several of our contributors highlight the overlooked pre-fab solution, a technology that has been around for at least a hundred years and is only getting more high-tech with each passing year.
KiwiRent and KiwiBuy are offered up as alternatives, and the question of whether planning is or isn’t the problem gets an airing.
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