Phil Twyford.
MP for Te Atatū
Housing Spokesperson
MEDIA STATEMENT
20 May 2016
Council statement shows they just don’t get it
The Auckland Council’s statement today shows they don’t understand the problems created by the urban growth boundary,
says Labour’s housing spokesperson Phil Twyford.
“I have been the first to defend the Auckland City Council when Bill English has been blaming them for the housing
crisis over the last few years, however reading their latest press release, maybe he has got a point.
“Their statement from an unnamed council bureaucrat shows they just don’t get it.
“The Auckland Council doesn’t understand the reality that having an urban growth boundary where land is cheaper on the
outside and more expensive on the inside is a magnet for land bankers and speculators.
“And that periodically adding new land to a highly speculative land market just feeds that speculation.
“I am not surprised Council Chief Executive Stephen Town was too embarrassed to put his name to this nonsense,” says
Phil Twyford.
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