Social housing, build-to-rent and urban development will be discussed at the residential development summit.
The property industry is aiming to develop a long-term plan to address housing issues which transcend the vagaries of three-year political election cycles.
This week’s Property Council residential development summit will bring together international and local experts, politicians and others to consider a a range of topics including social housing, build-to-rent and urban development, including infrastructure and community services.
Council chief executive Leonie Freeman said the industry was looking at how innovation and sustainable development goals could be used to improve large-scale residential housing.
We’re all a part of it,” Freeman said.
The sector, which included industry, government, iwi and other groups, needed to work together to address critical housing shortages, particularly in Auckland, she said.
“We need to build 15,000 houses a year in Auckland, half of which are affordable. We need to end homelessness in our city.
A collective approach would work better than the fragmented approach currently in place, she said.
The one-day summit takes place at the Aotea Centre in Auckland on Thursday.
Credit: radionz.co.nz
