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Characterful medium density housing!
Who else is having conversations where someone goes “ooh but it’s all leaky soulless apartments, we don’t want that”? Here’s a feast for your eyes and balm for your worried soul
Read MoreFast, good submission: Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (oh yeah)
A Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development says what the government’s arms are going to do about this stuff, this term. If you feel like whacking in a submission by COP Friday 30th (!), here’s your one-step recipe!
Read MoreTis the season to be readin’
Summer is coming (supposedly), but even if the weather isn’t playing ball, at least holidays are coming. And with a bit more time to breathe, we thought we’d suggest some good reading for you good folks wanting better cities.
Read MoreFresh 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 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 MorePlimmerton Farm: getting greenfields right
If we’re determined to do more residential development in greenfields, what does “decent” look like in Plimmerton, hilly land near an existing suburb – like most of our region’s greenfields?
Read MoreUrbanerds Rahui Edition part 1: Cohousing
The May Urbanerds gathering, with its star-studded guest speaker lineup, was also blessed with an Urbanerd taking notes. Part 1: Charles Dawson’s dispatches from the Cohousing session
Read MoreLand, ownership and homes: The Good Citizen
Here’s some good news about innovative (!) ways people are addressing our housing crisis
Read MoreWellington needs more houses not more roads
Guest poster James Fraser looks at the vital nexus between housing and transport, and reckons that where it comes to Wellington, the government’s left hand is working against its right in making tradeoffs
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