Is the bipartisan attempt to boost urban housing density the right way to go?

By Gareth VaughanIn a rare show of bipartisan cooperation, the Labour and National parties teamed-up to enact new housing intensification laws in late 2021. This came through the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act. Councils in the five cities are now moving to adopt medium density residential standards (MDRS). But what does all this really mean, where's the process at, and is this actually the right way to tackle New Zealand's housing crisis? "There has been a strong narrative, [over] the last decade at least, that planning is to blame for high housing prices.