Christchurch's housing defiance could inspire copycat councils

Christchurch's housing defiance could inspire copycat councils
Residents' associations in Christchurch are furiously lobbying against increased intensification. (Image: Christchurch council)
Oliver Lewis
Failing to intervene in Christchurch over its defiance of housing intensification directives could result in similar behaviour from other councils, officials warned. Last September, a majority of Christchurch councillors voted against notifying a plan change giving effect to the national policy statement on urban development (NPS-UD) and the medium-density residential standards (MDRS). Both directives, supply-side responses to the housing crisis, require councils to amend their district plans to enable housing intensification. Th...

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