PHOTO: KEVIN STENT/STUFF The Wellington suburb of Karori. The city faces a population surge that could require it to home about five more Karoris-worth of newcomers in the coming decades.
Five-and-a-bit Karoris-worth of people for Wellington City? About a Hutt’s worth of newcomers for the entire region? What could possibly go wrong?
The Wellington region won’t be able to keep up with new housing demand for an expected surging population under current rules, a council-commissioned assessment has revealed.
The year of reckoning is 2027. After that year, according to the assessment, council rules would begin to smother the ability of developers to supply enough new homes, leaving an up-to 21,000-plus shortfall by 2047.
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