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However, if we think communities are trying to co-ordinate building with reference to a long term plan – the threat of central government intervention based on political expediency does create unnecessary uncertainty! The best counter to this is that the council is probably likely to be just as bad!
]]>Not clear to me how – letting people do more things with their own property is “intervention” relative to the status quo.
]]>That was the model I had in mind. But note that for that model to work, it is has to not only be the case that the foreigners don’t care about yield; they must also leave the houses empty rather than letting people live in them for free or below-market rents (all the while paying insurance, rates, and maintenance). I have a another model but in mind, but it has an even harder time passing the sniff test.
]]>I think it is best to try to tackle these things constructively – I am trying to be more of a constructive ranter, although I still need to work on that 🙂
]]>I agree with Blair’s points (including the idea that parking space limits are a binding constraint). I have two other issues:
1) The policy justification often “misses the point” and tries to add in other unrelated factors (concerns about bubbles) – this is frustrating.
2) I am not a fan of central government being able to determine that it will intervene in the way they are suggesting – I think the Greens do have a point. These issues are long-term planning issues, central government jumping in for political expediency is a risk!
Reducing the time limit for greenfield and brownfield consents seems smart. Don’t see anything in there about freeing up height limits, restraints on subdivision, or limiting heritage, traffic and view impediments as grounds for NIMBYism.
]]>And don’t try and apologise for them – clearly they are tits at anything to do with economics at the moment… kick ’em in the nads!!!
]]>I was about to get stuck in too with a point about how long they’ve had to make any critique coherent, but these bills have been passed under urgency which is unhelpful for good law.
Anyone got a view on the effects of what’s specifically proposed rather than Labour’s embarrassing response?
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