Eventually her government is going to have to take state housing seriously as a tool for helping solve the housing crisis – especially for low-to-average income earners, who were ignored in last week's housing package announcement. At the time of the housing announcement, others also pointed to the lack of state housing. Photo / Greg BowkerArguments for a mass state house building programmeIt is increasingly obvious that nothing short of a mass programme of state house construction is required. Interestingly, property developer Bob Jones makes a similar argument in his ongoing support for greater numbers of state housing – see: The Housing crisis. In January, when the Government re-announced its state housing programme, Minto responded: "Yesterday's government announcement on new state housing is a pathetic response to the biggest housing crisis in New Zealand since the 1940s.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 31, 2021 21:45 UTC