NZ Government to Axe Top-Down Mandate on Housing

The MDRS planning laws bypassed councils as a way to speed up building approvals for the country’s rapidly growing housing demands.
NZ Government to Axe Top-Down Mandate on Housing
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Planning laws brought in by the previous New Zealand government aimed at boosting urban density to address the country’s housing shortage are headed for the chopping block, said the ACT Party.

The Medium Density Residential Standards (MDRS) (Enabling Housing Supply and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2021 requires local councils to provide housing with a maximum density standard of three houses per residential site with a maximum height of 11 metres, or three stories.

Jim Birchall
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Jim Birchall has written and edited for several regional New Zealand publications. He was most recently the editor of the Hauraki Coromandel Post.
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