The great disappearing home
Auckland is facing a major housing crisis if current development trends continue.
Local officials predict that, at the current rate of development, there will be a shortage of 50,000 homes in 30 years - equivalent to all the homes in Hamilton.
Auckland Council chief planning officer Dr Roger Blakeley warned that Auckland needs to be proactive by subdividing smaller properties and expanding into semi-rural areas if it is to avoid a major housing crisis.
"The question is, how do we accomodate those 50,000 dwellings?"
Although the council would focus on more intensive development within the city limits, there were plans to expand development west of Massey, west of Manukau, and south of Papakura and Karaka. More development is likely to include rezoning existing land and changing regulations to allow subdivision of smaller sections.
But Blakeley could not comment on what would be changed until Auckland's major planning document, the Auckland Plan, is released in December. A discussion document on the plan, released last week, said over the past three years Auckland had "already fallen short by approximately 10,000 new homes - the equivalent of a town the size of Blenheim".
Article continues below作者: 狂风暴雨 时间: 2011-4-3 12:21:24
Auckland housing crisis
It seems the quarter acre dream could be all but over for Aucklanders.
Building and Housing Department figures show the city is expected to grow by the entire population of Wellington over the next 20 years.
Erskine+Owen director Lisa Phillips says under the region's current growth strategy, Auckland will be full by 2026. She says some pockets of the city will have no spare space in as little as seven years.
Ms Phillips says it will be virtually impossible to build a new stand-alone house on more than 400 square metres, as soon as 2023. After then, many people will have to live in terraced houses or apartments, with shared outdoor spaces. She also expects prices to surge, as a growing population competes for an ever-dwindling supply of homes.作者: jvc 时间: 2011-4-8 21:49:10
