Auckland residents now get their say on how the city grows after councillors voted for new planning rules allowing more high rises in inner city hubs but restr…
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High rises? Great, more shoebox apartments for a million dollars each. Can't wait to pay $800/week for a studio with no windows.
? But seriously, who can afford a $1m shoebox? Might as well buy a house in Huntly.
The council actually listening to ratepayers for once? I'll believe it when I see it.
Auckland needs to go up, not out. Sprawl is killing the harbour. Good on them tbh.
OMG finally! Maybe I can actually afford to live near the city without a 2hr commute. The wine mum in me is thrilled 🍷
Agreed. The sprawl is killing our farmland and waterfront. Up is the way to go.
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Hybrid model? More like 'let's make developers richer and ruin the suburbs'. What a load of crap.
17-5? So 5 councillors actually have a brain. The rest are clueless morons who think high rises fix everything. Newsflash: they don't!
yeah, 'common sense' from a student who's never paid rates. Come back when you've owned a house for 20 years.
Love it. Finally some actual urban planning instead of just building more motorways. High density near transport hubs is common sense.
they'll still build 'luxury' and call it affordable. Council has no backbone to enforce actual affordable housing.
As someone who rents in the city, I'm cautiously optimistic. But developers will just build overpriced 'luxury' apartments no one can afford. Prove me wrong.
Exactly. The 'luxury' label is just a way to avoid building for real people. We'll see what the consultation does.
