Election 2020 - Party Policies - Housing - Building and Development
25th Jul 20, 5:55am
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Building and Development
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- ACT would share a portion of GST revenue collected from the construction of new housing with the local council to incentivise them to approve planning of new homes.
- The shared revenue would help cover the cost of infrastructure like roads, water and sewerage which councils must build to support new development.
- Allow councils to use more flexible funding mechanisms for infrastructure.
- This could include permitting special targeted rates on new developments, to pay for the new infrastructure.
- Councils need both more flexibility and stronger incentives to plan for more housing.
- Read more here.
- Revise the New Zealand Building Code to ensure that developers contribute to more inclusive, socially and ecologically responsible urban development.
- Develop a sustainable building strategy, which provides guidance and sets standards for building materials and performance based on life cycle analysis.
- Provide education on and promotion of sustainable building practices, including training for architects and builders, demonstration projects, and information targeted at home buyers.
- Provide for community consultation in the planning and design building of new housing developments.
- Read more here and here.
- Funding 8000 new public and transitional homes, which will provide a significant boost to the construction sector and wider economy and take the number of new public and transitional houses we’ve provided to around 17,000.
- Read more here.
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