Doing the same thing over and over again but
expecting a different result is what the Government is doing
with housing – the Budget reboots the failed KiwiBuild
model for Maori housing.
Jordan Williams, a
spokesman for the Taxpayers’ Union,
said:
“Once again the politicians are crying
crocodile tears about my generation not getting into
housing. Instead of tackling regulatory taxes and housing
supply, they’re taking the easy route and writing yet more
cheques with other people's money.”
“Economists
don’t agree on much, but nine in ten tell us the housing
emergency is caused by lack of supply, councils and the RMA.
In opposition, Labour committed to abolishing Auckland
Council’s metropolitan-urban boundary – which makes
Auckland housing land so unaffordable – but in government
they’ve not lifted a finger."
“The only mention of
RMA reform is an announcement of $132 million for back
office Wellington bureaucrats to spend the next three years
planning yet more plans.”
“The expensive failures
on housing are set to
continue.”
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