PHOTO: ROBERT KITCHIN/STUFF – Property developer Alex Cassels reckons it is time that people stopped talking about Kiwibuild and someone picked up a hammer and a piece of wood.
Kiwibuild’s “plummeting popularity” could spell out Kiwibust for the Government’s flagship policy.
There are only 338 pre-qualified Kiwibuild applicants, while contracts for 3375 houses have been signed off by the Government. It was forced to push out the Kiwibuild ballot deadline in Wanaka, after receiving just 20 entries for 10 homes.
Property developer Alex Cassels was opposed to Kiwibuild.
Cassels has been developing affordable rental homes in inner-city Wellington, and has no desire to lobby the Government on the issues around Kiwibuild. He would prefer to get stuck in and just do what he can.
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