Support community housing across the city to ensure an adequate supply of warm, dry homes, while ensuring over intensification is prevented.
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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.
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Create living streets to provide pocket parks, community gardens and playgrounds within short walking distance.
Engage with and Involve communities in the growth and development of our city.
Involve communities in the growth and development of our suburbs.
Create living streets to provide pocket parks, community gardens, and playgrounds in short walking distance.
Ensure better planning rules to better manage the intensification in the area - Halswell has rapidly grown.
Ensure our infrastructure can keep up with housing demand – roads, schools, doctors, parks etc should not be an afterthought to housing.
Change street landscaping – making it easier for residents to plant trees on the berm outside their property.
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