Our 'grown-up' moment on housing is over

Our 'grown-up' moment on housing is over
National wants to walk back a bipartisan accord on medium density housing. (Image: NZME)
Dileepa Fonseka
Coalition for More Homes spokesperson Scott Caldwell never planned to be walking a television crew through his apartment on a Sunday, but he is. "They came into my apartment and filmed me there. Usually you see these things and it’s like urbanists hanging out in the street.  “Kind of cool, but kind of depressing subject matter.” The "depressing" subject matter he's talking about came courtesy of a quote from National party leader Christopher Luxon last week who, at a public meeting, said the h...

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