Labour / NZ First Government

**Joshuatree** · 23-06-2018, 10:32 AM

Thank dog we are not relying on artificial stimulants like immigration to keep our country going. Every day i am thankful for this change of direction.I see the results of jaffas (aucklanders

but not just) pouring into Tauranga, this place is clogged up now and there is no fix ,thats the new norm!!

. Its not only the traffic jams.Try going to a boat ramp in the middle of winter on a saturday on dawn for ex , its clogged up, just one of a multitude of unexpected examples/effects! Sell yourself if you want to, its those that follow that have to live with your short term, low hanging money makers, imported slave labour(fact) etc etc. The consequences of incentivising people to pour in here are ruinous, for this green and pleasant land, yeah right , thats fast becoming the past, tui.

**elZorro** · 24-06-2018, 08:09 PM

Originally Posted by Joshuatree

Thank dog we are not relying on artificial stimulants like immigration to keep our country going. Every day i am thankful for this change of direction.I see the results of jaffas (aucklanders

but not just) pouring into Tauranga, this place is clogged up now and there is no fix ,thats the new norm!!

. Its not only the traffic jams.Try going to a boat ramp in the middle of winter on a saturday on dawn for ex , its clogged up, just one of a multitude of unexpected examples/effects! Sell yourself if you want to, its those that follow that have to live with your short term, low hanging money makers, imported slave labour(fact) etc etc. The consequences of incentivising people to pour in here are ruinous, for this green and pleasant land, yeah right , thats fast becoming the past, tui.

Labour responding to the housing crisis with this recent announcement.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12071219

**Joshuatree** · 25-06-2018, 11:16 AM

Great stuff. Its going to be catchup for many years solving housing after the easy low hanging fruit pickers of the past. Cometh the hour cometh the responsible entity. All the other living standards and qualities we had? Heres hoping we can get some back.

"Aiken said 300 state houses in the North Shore's Northcote were being replaced by 1200 new residences in a $750 million intensification on HNZC land: 400 new residences will be state homes and 400 KiwiBuild homes and 400 affordable free-market homes. HLC is delivering the free-market and KiwiBuild homes, he said"

**minimoke** · 25-06-2018, 03:52 PM

I'm pleased to see it is quite OK to anglicise a name on the presumption the native language is too hard to say or spell. Should save us a bit on te reo now we can just spell things how we like. And before I get flamed - I'm all for keeping things simple as well.

**777** · 25-06-2018, 04:18 PM

Northcote state housing area. You wouldn't want to live there. Mixing it all up won't fix anything.

**minimoke** · 25-06-2018, 04:44 PM

Originally Posted by 777

Northcote state housing area. You wouldn't want to live there. Mixing it all up won't fix anything.

Affordable doesn't equal desirable

**artemis** · 26-06-2018, 07:40 AM

Originally Posted by 777

Northcote state housing area. You wouldn't want to live there. Mixing it all up won't fix anything.

That is a huge looming issue. State house applicants need points on several factors to make it onto the social housing register. That is - approved for allocation of social housing, many apply but don't make it onto the register. One of the criteria for getting enough points to get onto the list in the first place is difficulty obtaining private rental housing, including recent release from prison.

That means that approved applicants have more than average issues, and we now know addictions are OK and will be referred for rehab.

If a third of homes in a densely populated development are social housing that is potentially a whole lot of neighbours with issues. How many buyers will be keen on that? Perhaps the private buyers will be in gated communities. Kiwibuild buyers - unlikely.

How many drug users - current, in rehab, relapsed - would it take to put buyers right off buying there? I suggest not many. And let's not forget that almost half of applicants on the social housing list are single adults, no children, and many will have issues, including addictions.