Policies

Introduce significantly smarter rating policies to encourage residential use of current and new homes and discourage short-term visitor lets.

Persuade the Ministry of Social Development to remove local Accommodation Supplement boundaries, lowering cost of living for many residents.

Encourage better designed mixed communities with social, service and transport infrastructure included early instead of added later.

Change the short term visitor rules to bring houses back into either long term rental or owner occupier.

Simplify rules on renovations within the house to remove unnecessary building consent applications.

Simplify the building consent process to remove much of the upfront cost and time required.

Ensure there are sufficient long term rental availabilities for housing.

Promote sustainable building practices and energy efficient homes.

Provide compassionate social support structures to aid the homeless.

Apply the Government's directives on urban intensification in sensible ways that reflect the community's expectations for the neighbourhoods.

Look for ways to apply restrictions on the use of homes for short-term residential visitor accommodation to provide more long-term rentals.

Support the ongoing development of the Southern Corridor Structure Plan to enable this area to grow in a sustainable, cohesive way.