How to Fix a Broken Auckland

Jul 4, 2016

Arthur Grimes wrote an opinion piece for The Spinoff, detailing his fixes for the Auckland housing crisis. You can find it here.

Coverage of Arthur's comments (originally made in a panel on the future of Auckland housing) can be found:

• Gold Coast-style intensification will solve Auckland housing crisis, says economist - NZ Stuff
• Why the Gold Coast is the answer to our soaring house prices - NZ Herald
• Govt should crash house prices by 40% - RNZ Nine to Noon
• PM says Arthur Grimes' call to build 150,000 new houses in Auckland to produce a 'supply shock' that drives prices down 40% is a 'crazy idea'; says home owners don't want equity values to fall; says it would hurt banks - interest.co.nz
• Economist's plan to 'crash' Auckland house prices labelled 'crazy' by PM - stuff.co.nz
• House price crash idea 'just crazy' - PM - RNZ News
• PM: Call to crash house prices 'crazy' - NZ Herald
• John Key: Crashing Auckland's market 'crazy' - Newshub
• Editorial: Time for boldness on housing - DominionPost
• PM dismisses Auckland supply shock idea and downplays UDA attack on land bankers - HiveNews
• Hide gives Grimes’ proposal to collapse Auckland’s housing market the bash - NBR (subscription locked)
• PM forced to defend govt's housing plan - RNZ Checkpoint
• Fran O'Sullivan: Why won't Key act on housing? - NZ Herald
• Akld prices up again - as expert urges “crash” - landlords.co.nz
• Politicians against housing market 'crash' - Newshub
• Would it be Crazy to Reduce House Prices by 40%? - Morgan Foundation
• Can the Reserve Bank cool NZ's house prices? - RNZ Morning Report
• Auckland home owners who bought in past four years could suffer in 40 per cent price fall - stuff.co.nz
• 'The Reserve Bank doesn't have much in its armoury to affect house prices' - TVNZ Breakfast
• Analysis: Can we have affordable houses without prices dropping sharply? - stuff.co.nz
• Bernard Hickey: The great housing down-trou - Herald on Sunday
• Would it be crazy to reduce house prices by 40%? - NBR
• Is releasing more land the answer to Auckland's housing woes? - stuff.co.nz
• Bank boss warns of property mess - NZ Herald