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Fresh thinking on filling the affordable housing gap
Although Aotearoa has a dire lack of state housing, there is also a growing hole in the middle too. The Urban Advisory’s (TUA) report on scaling up affordable housing came out this month; and it had some interesting ideas about how to fill the gaps.
Read MoreStebbings Valley 2.Oh-no
WCC has returned after a 2 year hiatus to give us version 2.0 of the Stebbings Valley development. Let’s look at what’s changed, what’s the same, why we’re not fans, and get some submissions in by 5.00pm 30th November.
Read MoreSpatial Plan: c’mon Wellington, let’s keep evolving
Wellington’s proposed Spatial Plan could be better, and much of the proof of the pudding is to come. But your voice is needed now (by 5pm Monday 5th), because Wellington will be frozen in amber if the Spatial Plan doesn’t move forward – and that amber is a city that locks out lots of Wellingtonians.
Read MoreHousing, growth and spatial planning: read more, get smarter
There’s a lot of opinions flying around right now, and the debates are only ramping up in Wellington. Get smart: read on!
Read MoreCodesign with community: spotting codesign-washing
Codesign – from housing to streetscapes, everywhere we’re hearing officials say “codesigning with community”. But like any well-intentioned thing it’s become bastardised and buzzwordy, so how do we spot tokenism at 50 paces?
Read MoreA city with a vision? AKL x WLG
Wellington’s got a lot of bustle and noise (Let’s Get Wellington Moving – Spatial Plan – new subdivisions – convention centre – library) but where’s the coherent vision? Hey Auckland – can we learn some things?
Read MorePeople, Profit and Public Good – a lowdown on property development (1/2)
So we’ve that housing crisis, and Wellington’s figuring out how it wants to grow. Property development is at the core of it all, but most of us don’t know what makes things tick…
Read MorePeople are the ‘gold’ of the Golden Mile
Talk Wellington reader Amos, encouraging everyone who has anything to do with Wellington City to put in a Golden Mile submission this weekend – and sharing his!
Read MorePeople, profit and public good: a lowdown on building cities *MONDAY 10th AUGUST*
Urbanerds are very excited about our upcoming Virtual gathering, with two gurus of Wellington’s property scene giving their insights about how to get property making our city hum.
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