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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...d-housing-market-severely-unaffordable-survey
AllsectorsofNewZealandhousingmarket'severely'unaffordable:survey
Thehousingcrisis,whichLabourgovernmentpledgedtoaddress,hasspreadtotheprovinces.
EleanorAingeRoyinDunedin
Mon20Jan202001.27GMT
EveryurbanhousingmarketinNewZealandisregardedas“severely”unaffordable,amajorreporthasfound,despiteeffortsbythegovernmenttoaddressskyrocketingpropertyprices.
TheDemographiainternationalhousingaffordabilitysurveystudiedmorethan300urbanhousingmarketsineightcountriesandfoundhousinginNewZealandwasnowmorethanseventimesthemedianincome,makingitoutofreachformost.
Thecountry’shousingcrisis–whichhasseenthehomelesspopulationgrow,andthewaitinglistforastatehousereachrecordhighs–hasspreadtotheprovinces,theActparty’sleader,DavidSeymour,said.
“Theeffectofthisisthatevenwell-paid,professionalKiwisareunabletobuyhomesinthecitieswheretheywork,”hesaid.“Thisisaseriousthreattoproductivity,themaindriverofourlivingstandards.
“Itcoststoomuchandtakestoolongtobuildahouse.NewZealandisoneoftheleastdenselypopulatedcountriesintheworld,butgovernmenthasdrivenlandpricesupwiththeresultthathousinghasbecomeseverelyunaffordable.”
Seymoursaidcouncilsaroundthecountryneededtourgentlyfreeuplandtobuildmorehousesasthelackofaffordablehousingis“aseriousthreattothemiddle-class”.
Demographiaclassedunaffordablehousingasanythingmorethanthreetimesthemedianincome.
Theprimeminister,JacindaArdern,wasvotedintoofficein2017withavowto“fix”thehousingcrisis,butthegovernment’sflagshipaffordablehousingscheme,Kiwibuild,drewtheireofvotersafteritbuiltonly47homesinsixmonths.
ThehousingministerwhooversawtheKiwibuildfiascowassackedandthenewminister,MeganWoods,admittedtheschemehadbeen“overlyambitious”.Thetargetofbuilding100,000affordablehomesin10yearshasbeenscrapped.
CommunityhousingproviderssaidthatalthoughthegovernmentwastryinghardtheywerenotyetseeingrealchangesandworkingKiwiswereincreasinglyfallingintoprecarioushousingorhomelessness.
ThecoastalcityofTauranga,whichhasseenahugeinfluxofAucklandersinrecentyears,hasNewZealand’shottestmarket,withhousingcosting9.3timesthelocalmedianwage.
TaurangawasfollowedbyAucklandat8.6,thenNapier-Hastings,Hamilton,Dunedin,Wellington,PalmerstonNorthandChristchurch.
Theportcitywasalsothesixthmostunaffordablecityintheglobalsurvey,whichlookedaturbanhousingmarketsinAustralia,Canada,HongKong,Ireland,Singapore,theUnitedStatesandtheUK.
Aco-authorofthestudy,HughPavletich,saidhousingunaffordabilitywasnolongeracrisis.Itwas“adisaster”.
“Thissurveyisahugewake-upcallbasicallyforallinvolvedatcentralandlocalgovernment,”Pavletichsaid.
“It’samassivesocialproblem.”
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