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The following posts are filed under: Housing & Development.
Post-COVID stimulus: THE WELLINGTON UPGRADE!
As loads of government folks burn midnight oil defending us from the COVID-19 pandemic, others are looking at how to stimulate our economy. What should Wellington call for in a stimulus package?
Read MoreThe 15 Minute City
Paris’ mayor Anne Hidalgo has a powerful concept in her re-election campaign: the 15-minute city. It’s the kind of vision we need in Wellington
Read MoreWho’s looking in our homes?
Should we demand that people give up their privacy in exchange for getting to rent a house that doesn’t make them sick? Whare Hauora boss Hiria Te Rangi says a firm No
Read MoreThe water is coming. What should we do?
Coming down from the sky, and up from the oceans: lots more of it, soon, and forever after. Eating our roads and pipes, coming into our homes. So what should we do “yesterday already”, pronto, and in our future?
Read MoreLand, ownership and homes: The Good Citizen
Here’s some good news about innovative (!) ways people are addressing our housing crisis
Read MoreThe shape of our towns: new direction
Spread out or high-density? What shape should suburbs be? How best to give everyone good places to live? A new National Policy Statement aims to help… consultation is open
Read MoreThe Big Kahuna: Reforming the Resource Management Act
It’s now another government’s turn to have a crack at reforming the RMA. A couple of good summaries…
Read MoreEVENT: Rebuilding the kāinga – community and connection
Māori are disproportionately affected by New Zealand’s housing crisis. Is papakāinga housing development a solution that’s culturally sustainable too? A timely Centre for Sustainable Cities seminar, next week in Pōneke
Read MoreGetting denser better: NIMBYism and developers (dispatch from San Diego)
Worldwide, unreasonable neighbour resistance (“Not In My Backyard”) is one of the greatest hurdles to the land-use intensification that modern cities need to be sustainable, accessible, and liveable. Talk Wellington are looking at different ways to overcome it – here, profiling some progressive developers’ coalitions in San Diego, California.
Read MoreBetter places to live: community and housing
Ao-NZ’s munted housing market is stimulating lots of innovation and entrepreneurism, and the responses to different initiatives are revealing our preferences and prejudices.
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