The various mechanisms to communicate with industry stakeholders and the wider Auckland community about what is happening, progress being made, and ensure there is a better understanding of the various opportunities for solutions. This includes the print media, radio, internet, social media, TV, seminars and key communications from Auckland Council and the Government.

Infrastructure Supply

This covers the range of infrastructure and key amenities including water/sewer, roading, transport, schools and other key amenities as well as how do we fund it?

DELIVERY NUMBERS

Reporting on what’s being delivered into the Auckland market, type, price range and location

Size, quality and type of development projects

Understanding the different types, quality, size, and scale of developments including proportion of affordable and social. Divided into size – small scale (< 50 houses), medium (50 – 500), large scale (>500), as well as type – including land subdivider, medium density townhouses and high density apartments gain further momentum.

DEVELOPMENT –
PUBLIC SECTOR

Understanding the delivery programmes and pipeline for the Private Sector development companies, construction companies and builders, current blockages and what is required to gain further momentum.

DEVELOPMENT –
NOT FOR PROFIT

Understanding the delivery programmes and pipeline for the Community Housing Providers and others such as the Housing Foundation, current blockages and what is required to gain further momentum.

DEVELOPMENT –
PRIVATE SECTOR

Understanding the delivery programmes and pipeline for the Private sector development companies, construction companies and builders, current blockages and what is required to gain further momentum.

DEVELOPMENT – IWI

Understanding the delivery programmes and pipeline for Iwi groups, current blockages and what is required to gain further momentum.

INDUSTRY CAPACITY AND CAPABILITY

Understanding the industry capacity and capability to ensure there is sufficient skilled resources including developers, construction companies, skilled workers, consultants and social sector support services staff.

Partnering Models with Private Sector

Understanding the range of options of partnering models between the public and private sector in order to gain further momentum.

RISK MANAGEMENT

Understanding the issues of risk for housing delivery to enable opportunities for mitigation in order to gain further momentum.

LAND SUPPLY

Including how much is available, location of available, scale and size, the stage of being “developable” and land-banking.

COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVES

Understanding perspectives of individual neighbourhoods on issues such as intensification, typology and provision of transport and other infrastructure and amenities.

CITY PERSPECTIVES

Understanding the perspectives of Aucklanders as a whole, including issues such as intensification, type of housing, impact on their neighbourhoods, who pays for infrastructure including transport, sustainable growth and prioritisation.

GOVERNMENT PLANS AND POLICY

The Governments plan regarding housing including housing affordability, requirements for social housing as well as emergency/temporary housing. Taxation policies as well as the strategy for the government’s own land holdings.

COUNCIL STRATEGY

The big picture strategic plan for Auckland of Auckland Council including future demand projects and its own strategy for its own land.

COUNCIL – UNITARY PLAN

Understanding the implications of the Unitary Plan, and the Special Housing Areas.

COUNCIL – CONSENTING

Understanding the Council regulatory process from Master Planning, Resource Consents, Building Consents and Code of Compliance.

COUNCIL –
CONTRIBUTION COSTS

This includes the development contributions, infrastructure contributions, and how and where the funds are spent.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING

Options, policies, measurements from within New Zealand and overseas.

GOVERNMENT LEGISLATION

The various pieces of legislation which impact including Resource Management Act, Building Act, Residential Tenancies Act and the Social Housing Reform Programme.

Demographics/
Supply vs Demand

Including supply and demand drivers, population numbers, home ownership levels, age of population, immigration and migration, demographics.

ECONOMIC FACTORS

This includes interest rates, income levels, economic confidence, overseas economic indicators.

COSTS OF CONSTRUCTION

This includes all the costs of development including construction costs, professional fees, development and infrastructure contributions. This is also about the supply of materials.

RENTAL MARKET

Understanding the drivers in the rental market including the number of rental properties – both private investors and social housing rentals, as well as rental prices and vacancy levels.

HOUSE PRICES

What is happening with house prices, in Auckland, elsewhere in New Zealand and overseas.

FINANCING

Understanding the bank lending policies and the finance lending options for purchasers and developers. Identification of its impact on both the ability to buy a house, and from a developer perspective to fund a development.

LABOUR SHORTAGES

Identifying the impact of these across a range of industries and professions.

PROPERTY MARKET AND CYCLE

Understanding where in the cycle the housing market is at, what are the expectations of developers, and what is the impact on risk and future supply.

Purchasers

This includes home owners, investors, public sector and non-government housing providers who purchase houses.
The important issue is to understand the different requirements of each group.

TENANTS

This includes private market tenants and social housing occupiers and their key requirements.