PHOTO: CHRIS SKELTON / STUFF – Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced plans for a new Crown development agency in Auckland on Saturday.

Housing Minister Phil Twyford has detailed plans for the long-discussed Urban Development Authority, a Crown mega-developer with the power to transform suburbs.

The agency, known as the Housing and Urban Development Authority (UDA), will combine KiwiBuild, Housing New Zealand, and its subsidiary HLC into a “one stop shop”.

Twyford said the UDA would have two key roles: leading urban development projects and being a public landlord.

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