Auckland special housing areas extended to add up to 1,100 new homes

Auckland special housing areas extended to add up to 1,100 new homes
Paul McBeth
By Paul McBeth Nov. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Housing Minister Nick Smith and Auckland Mayor Len Brown today announced an extension to the city's special housing areas, which they say will add potential for another 1,100 homes to be built in the fast-track zones.  Nine new sites, a mix of greenfield and brownfield, have been added to the special zones, taking the total number of special housing areas to 106 with capacity to add 48,000 properties, Smith and Brown said in a joint statement. The biggest areas are an extension to the existing Takan...