Mayor of Dunedin
Housing and planning
Local councils are responsible for land use planning under the Resource Management Act, which affects where and how new houses are constructed, as well as the design of cities and towns. In some areas, councils also provide housing to those who need it most.
Housing and planning
Local councils are responsible for land use planning under the Resource Management Act, which affects where and how new houses are constructed, as well as the design of cities and towns. In some areas, councils also provide housing to those who need it most.
Building consents often take longer than people would like. We need to attract more experienced planners to get this work done in good time.
Communication needs to be improved between departments so drainage talks to building etc and people can get answers quicker and save costs.
Revert George Street back to two way traffic and advocate to keep the one way, by the hospital, one way not two way to ease traffic flow.
Encourage taller and higher density housing development near the waterfront of the Otago Peninsula especially in South Dunedin.
Encourage private home ownership and private property developers and landlord's investment into Dunedin.
Reduce regulations and red tape for building development.
Increase community housing funding.
Implement a rental Warrant of Fitness.
Advocate for direct central government capital investment into housing.
Encourage further development by increasing the speed of consents being processed – not making it difficult to obtain a consent.
Promote a full review of the 2GP to make it more practical when making land available for development.
Grow council housing supply.
Stop the destruction of heritage buildings going on right now around Dunedin. I would demand that locals have their say.
In so far as renters go they need to have longer leases. The current standard is one year. Five or 10 year leases need to be an option.
Homelessness and affordability is responsibility of the government.
Civic housing as a human right. Ensure provision of sufficient night shelters, transitionary housing and social renting properties for city.
Create further changes to the Dunedin City Council Community Housing Policy to create more kamatua housing, working with iwi and Kāinga Ora.
Enforce terms outlined in the Building Act 2004 to landlords and support renters to know their rights as per Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
Work in with the government to reduce costs to ratepayers but improve outcomes for those in need of social housing.
Launch a modular home initiative to reduce cost of housing and build twice as many for the same money.
Strongly encourage the construction of accessible housing.
Work with community to build city planning goals to enable 50-year vision and long term thinking around land use.
Transform Dunedin Heritage Strategy 2007 into a Heritage Action Plan with focussed outcomes to protect and enhance heritage assets.
Implement Housing Action Plan 2022 to ensure everyone has a suitable warm, safe, affordable home. Support council housing.
Build more public housing.
Maintain our compact urban form, the best thing town planning can do to contribute to the zero carbon transition.
Support a warrant of fitness for rental properties, so that compliance with the Healthy Homes standards are adequately enforced.
Building consents often take longer than people would like. We need to attract more experienced planners to get this work done in good time.
Communication needs to be improved between departments so drainage talks to building etc and people can get answers quicker and save costs.
Revert George Street back to two way traffic and advocate to keep the one way, by the hospital, one way not two way to ease traffic flow.
Encourage taller and higher density housing development near the waterfront of the Otago Peninsula especially in South Dunedin.
Encourage private home ownership and private property developers and landlord's investment into Dunedin.
Reduce regulations and red tape for building development.
Increase community housing funding.
Implement a rental Warrant of Fitness.
Advocate for direct central government capital investment into housing.
Encourage further development by increasing the speed of consents being processed – not making it difficult to obtain a consent.
Promote a full review of the 2GP to make it more practical when making land available for development.
Grow council housing supply.
Stop the destruction of heritage buildings going on right now around Dunedin. I would demand that locals have their say.
In so far as renters go they need to have longer leases. The current standard is one year. Five or 10 year leases need to be an option.
Homelessness and affordability is responsibility of the government.
Civic housing as a human right. Ensure provision of sufficient night shelters, transitionary housing and social renting properties for city.
Create further changes to the Dunedin City Council Community Housing Policy to create more kamatua housing, working with iwi and Kāinga Ora.
Enforce terms outlined in the Building Act 2004 to landlords and support renters to know their rights as per Residential Tenancies Act 1986.
Work in with the government to reduce costs to ratepayers but improve outcomes for those in need of social housing.
Launch a modular home initiative to reduce cost of housing and build twice as many for the same money.
Strongly encourage the construction of accessible housing.
Work with community to build city planning goals to enable 50-year vision and long term thinking around land use.
Transform Dunedin Heritage Strategy 2007 into a Heritage Action Plan with focussed outcomes to protect and enhance heritage assets.
Implement Housing Action Plan 2022 to ensure everyone has a suitable warm, safe, affordable home. Support council housing.
Build more public housing.
Maintain our compact urban form, the best thing town planning can do to contribute to the zero carbon transition.
Support a warrant of fitness for rental properties, so that compliance with the Healthy Homes standards are adequately enforced.
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