Whangārei District Council

Reduce red tape on the building consent process to speed up building times and reduce costs to homeowners and developers.

Rezone land and build cheaper two and three-bedroom temporary accommodation as a pathway for people to transition into permanent housing.

Look into rezoning the inner city area to allow for inner city apartments in shops to increase CBD use and reduce housing shortages.

Streamline building consents to improve consent timelines. Produce 'how to' guides for builders.

Implement Whangārei housing strategy – work with community groups to support homeless people and get them into safe housing.

Facilitate building of more affordable housing – increase council-owned pensioner housing. collaborate with central government/community groups.

Develop inner city living and higher-density urban areas to limit urban sprawl. Supporting spaces within to become activated and revitalised.

Improve systems to support alternative lifestyles such as tiny houses, papakainga style developments, and permanent vehicle dwellers.

Support systems to manage affordable housing, expand council units, and programs to support homeless along with other agencies.

Housing affordability. Stop the large build, introduce small living spaces at affordable purchase/rent in a living wage.

Renting. Remove the land agents' fees and bring in affordable fees and bonds as per livable percent. A council agency to supply contracts.

Homelessness. Core basic living, allow a less pressure expenditure on them, night space. They are our best security at the best of times.

Revise zoning and upzoning certain areas to increase social inclusion as well as a start to addressing housing affordability.

Work with central government and banks to implement financial incentives in conversion projects from obsolete offices to residential builds.

More centralised commercial retail space through more pedestrian only spaces, to increase walking traffic and centralised parking buildings.

My response to your email is regardless of my many views on these matters. I must support the views of the ratepayers that I represent.

The building consent process needs to be reviewed to hasten the process.

Establish WDC policy environment where small secondary dwellings/tiny houses can be established without attracting development contributions.

Support the inner-city urban renewal project and encourage inner-city dwelling/amenity. Investigate car-free weekends for the CBD.

Support the Housing Strategy and work with partners to implement excellent social housing in Whangārei District.

Create and expand zones and suburbs to encourage housing development.

Using existing housing and land to provide greater housing opportunities.

Less time consuming building consents and produce affordable housing. We need to focus on the solution not the problem.

Reduce the fees for infilling sections with more housing in the suburbs close to the city centre.

Allow more leniency for land development to provide more choice for building within the suburban zones.

Plan more arterial routes to allow better traffic movement around Whangārei.