Risky Business: The Gamble of Rushing Reforms

The NZ Government fast-tracked the Resource Management (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act to solve the housing crisis. These reforms require tier 1 councils to update their plans and push through increased housing density by requiring medium-density residential standards (MDRS) “across all relevant zones in the district plan except in circumstances where a qualifying matter is relevant”.¹

​Similarly rushed planning reforms in the UK created as many problems as they solved.

Tim Goodall

Senior Planner
Kāhu Environmental

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