19 Oct 2021

Labour, National team up to slash housing density red tape

From Checkpoint, 5:15 pm on 19 October 2021

Labour and National have put their differences aside to slash red tape around housing density, with the aim of making it easier and cheaper to build new homes.

New rules will allow up to three, three-storey buildings on sites in the country's biggest cities, without a resource consent.

National's leader Judith Collins first reached out to the Labour Government in January, proposing they work together to mitigate the housing crisis.

Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more.