- This latest milestone has led to the Housing Minister being labelled the ‘million dollar minister’, the front page of the papers and the news websites have been awash with breathless stories of Auckland’s unaffordability, and the talkback lines filled with the usual pundits.
Why don’t I care? Because it’s just a number. It’s just one way of measuring Auckland’s house prices. I could give you five others, some of which show Auckland has been beyond a million dollars for a long time, and others which show it is yet to get there.
But they all share the same common theme. Auckland’s house prices have been rising for years and very little has been done that has slowed them. Affordability is now a very real issue for many people. That I do care about.
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