Is affordable housing sexy enough for developers?

Is affordable housing sexy enough for developers?
Queenstown developments are setting aside some affordable sections. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Paul McBeth
Property, we’re told time and again, has a special place in Kiwis’ hearts, as if there’s no other nationality that has a predilection for tangible assets that double in providing warmth and shelter.And despite the rolling maul of initiatives over the past decade and countless hui, policymakers have been baffled why their best efforts don’t seem to have made a dent in our most favoured asset.The cynics like to point at politicians’ own property ownership when they file their regular pecuniary interests, but that&rsq...

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