One of the government’s solutions to the housing crisis is allowing higher-density building in city suburbs, and this has put them on a collision course with local councils. They are now faced with having to come down hard on recalcitrant councils if it wants them to toe the line.
Called the Resource Management (Enabling Housing and Other Matters) Amendment Act passed last year, this law requires Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, and Christchurch councils to adopt medium-density residential standards. The amendment DIRECTS councils over how this will be done.
