Category: Affordable Housing
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What should Auckland Council do about begging
A couple of Mayoral candidates on the right of politics have recently proposed that Councils should take punitive steps to stop begging. In Auckland Mark Thomas wants a tougher bylaw to end street begging for good although he admits that the problem is complex and needs Central Government action. From One News: Mark Thomas says…
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Will Auckland become like Tokyo, and would that be a bad thing?
For the Easter Holidays I decided to visit Tokyo. This is the first time that I have been to Japan and while some of my preconceptions have been confirmed I have been pleasantly surprised by how well the city works. And as Auckland faces the problem of predicted significant growth rates for the next few decades…
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Ticky Tacky Housing for the West Undeserved
By Christine Rose The Government’s proposals for mass produced housing projects while letting developers off the hook for costs they incur spell disaster for West Auckland and its residents says Waitakere Councillor candidate Christine Rose. ‘Too many Westies already live in badly built, cramped, noisy and damp conditions, where they’re socially isolated and car dependent.…