Mayor of Christchurch
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.
Make government finance economically viable to build purpose-built housing facilities that meet the needs of all age groups, including food provisions.
Make wellness and wellbeing cost effective for all age groups equally, from young to old, noting retirement villages favour the old, not young people.
Reduce the cost of housing, rents and living costs by changing the tax system from GST to financial transaction tax to lower new build costs.
Establish better control over leaky homes with penalties on poor building practices.
Establish faster consent processes and encourage green building such as buses with plants on them and more green spaces with less concrete.
Improve community housing and work with community gardens and homeless people.
Apply joined-up thinking to the imposed urban density linking steel wheel transport needs in defence of the PC14 rule change.
Focus on improving access to local parks and greenspaces and planting street trees in areas with increasing housing density.
Grow the city's community housing sector.
Upzone SoMo, the area between Moorhouse and Brougham, to mixed use to provide more homes close to the central city.
Make government finance economically viable to build purpose-built housing facilities that meet the needs of all age groups, including food provisions.
Make wellness and wellbeing cost effective for all age groups equally, from young to old, noting retirement villages favour the old, not young people.
Reduce the cost of housing, rents and living costs by changing the tax system from GST to financial transaction tax to lower new build costs.
Establish better control over leaky homes with penalties on poor building practices.
Establish faster consent processes and encourage green building such as buses with plants on them and more green spaces with less concrete.
Improve community housing and work with community gardens and homeless people.
Apply joined-up thinking to the imposed urban density linking steel wheel transport needs in defence of the PC14 rule change.
Focus on improving access to local parks and greenspaces and planting street trees in areas with increasing housing density.
Grow the city's community housing sector.
Upzone SoMo, the area between Moorhouse and Brougham, to mixed use to provide more homes close to the central city.
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