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Unsurprisingly, the biggest factors affecting house prices are population growth, (lack of) housing stock growth, and interest rate declines. Further, the population’s preference is for fewer people per dwelling (PPD) than in the past. This means that, all else equal, housing supply actually needs to grow faster than the population to keep prices stable.

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We know that housing affordability has declined considerably since 2012 for all income groups. But the impact has been varied across income groups – with middle-income groups facing the largest declines in affordability of late. At the cap price of $650,000, even Kiwibuild homes would only be affordable to the top 40% of Auckland households.

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Properties sell at a premium for having been upzoned or for being located in a designated special character area (SCA), but not both. Over the last few years, the observable premium for properties in SCAs has been falling, and the premium for being upzoned has been increasing. Thus, it appears that buyers are placing increased emphasis on what they can do with a property, and less emphasis on the designated special character of the neighbourhood.

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Consents for new dwellings are the highest they’ve been for 14 years and are approaching the highest ever, which is welcome news against a backdrop of a housing shortage of 46,000 dwellings. The mix of dwelling type has changed significantly, and the average dwelling size has plummeted, mostly due to budget constraints encouraging a switch from stand-alone houses to townhouses and apartments, but also due to changing patterns in apartment and townhouse size. Multi-unit dwelling construction requires a skill-set that differs somewhat to that required for stand-alone homes, and is more akin to non-residential building.

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Homelessness is an ongoing multi-dimensional challenge for policy makers in both the developing and developed worlds. In order to effectively provide homeless people with services and to reduce rates of homelessness policy-makers need to know the size and characteristics of homeless populations and how these populations are changing over time. In 2009 New Zealand adopted a definition of homelessness that drew on the European Typology of Homelessness and Housing Exclusion (ETHOS) developed by the European Federation of National Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA) and the European Observatory on Homelessness (EOH).

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Auckland Council has been undertaking investigations into potential sources of contamination at beaches with known microbial water quality issues. Data from the Safeswim programme (www. safeswim.

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In late 2017, a three-year Auckland Council pilot project was established to trial ways of giving the Waiheke Local Board – and by extension, the Waiheke community – greater influence over the decisions that affect life on the island. As part of the pilot project, an online survey was undertaken among Waiheke Island residents in April 2018. The survey was designed to identify the main issues that residents are concerned about, and to explore how well they feel the Waiheke Local Board, Auckland Council and Auckland Transport (AT) are addressing these issues.

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Increasing the contribution developers make for infrastructure to reflect the true cost of providing that infrastructure, rather than continued subsidies by existing general ratepayers, is unlikely to increase the cost of housing. Developers in Auckland, particularly in greenfield areas, pay only a fraction of the cost of infrastructure to serve the new development through development contributions (DCs). Setting the price paid by developers at a full cost-recovery level could unshackle infrastructure development from the limits of ratepayer funding, and reduce planning incentives to regulate land use.

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This report summarises tree loss within the Waitematā Local Board area over the 10-year period from January 2006 to February 2016. The report was written for the Natural Environment portfolio of the Waitematā Local Board, to provide background information and some direction and context for an urban forest strategy and provide evidence to ensure decision-makers are well-informed. Mapping of tree loss across Waitematā Local Board was undertaken in ArcGIS through digital photo-interpretation.

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Land can be defined as brownfield or greenfield. Brownfield development occurs on land that has already been developed and therefore has existing infrastructure. Greenfield construction is done on land that has not been previously developed, usually further from the CBD.

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The Auckland Plan explained The Auckland Plan is our long-term spatial plan to ensure Auckland grows in a way that will meet the opportunities and challenges of the future. ​It outlines the big issues facing Auckland and recommends the way in which Aucklanders and others involved in the future of Auckland can best respond to them. The Development Strategy and six outcomes look ahead to 2050.

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For ten years, The Salvation Army has offered the State of the Nation reports to track the social and economic trends that affect our country. To acknowledge the milestone of ten years, we have compiled our list of what we consider the ten important social trends of the past ten years. We suggest that these trends could help inform a new conversation we should have as New Zealanders around the social progress we value and, from this, the society we would like to create.