- New Zealand is up to 60,000 houses short, ANZ says, while Treasury asserts that Auckland is as much as 35,000 houses short right now.
The figures are part of housing supply and demand forecast produced in September of 2016 and released in January as part of an Official Information Act request.
Using their own metrics, Treasury estimate that the “cumulative shortfall” houses in Auckland was at between 30,000 and 35,000 in June of 2016.
That figure is estimated to get slightly worse in 2018, as the population continues to increase, before improving.
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An ANZ figure in the same report suggests the national shortfall is as high as 60,000.
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