tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post7232640770949674814..comments2024-03-28T09:22:36.967+13:00Comments on Offsetting Behaviour: Gareth Morgan on Housing AffordabilityEric Cramptonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15831696523324469713noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-59539301607953368732012-11-03T19:11:59.597+13:002012-11-03T19:11:59.597+13:00I saw something on this recently (via Kiwiblog I t...I saw something on this recently (via Kiwiblog I think) that I found convincing.<br /><br /><br />There are a range of housing solutions that increase density, ranging from a quarter acre with a standalone house through row houses/terraces/walk ups/duplexes through to apartment blocks. In Auckland, the planning regulations make it hard to do anything other than the two extremes - so it's quarter acre or it's apartment block. The lack of ability to build those medium density options is driving a lot of people into quarter acres who otherwise might be happy with a medium density solution.PaulLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-43202796659456882582012-11-02T13:54:42.364+13:002012-11-02T13:54:42.364+13:00Oww, you bet me too this! Good post!Oww, you bet me too this! Good post!Matt Nolanhttp://tvhe.co.nz/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-84993259460575390862012-11-01T02:29:50.735+13:002012-11-01T02:29:50.735+13:00OMG sick New Zealand. here it goes again . we can&...OMG sick New Zealand. here it goes again . we can't do capital gains tax in NZ , don't you know Roger Douglas said so at the same time a she protected the finance industry.,<br />don't look now I am going to be sick. Its like Thailand we must protect the rich <br />and keep superstition alivepeterquixotenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-68799047527510815792012-10-31T12:11:55.380+13:002012-10-31T12:11:55.380+13:00Has he changed his position in recent years? Like,...Has he changed his position in recent years? Like, lets say, Paul Krugman? I remember liking him on The Ralston Group, though I have long since given up defending my younger selfs taste in everything, except women.Kimblenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2830084253401570472.post-29267232144075764752012-10-30T21:44:44.864+13:002012-10-30T21:44:44.864+13:00I'm always surprised how much economics Gareth...I'm always surprised how much economics Gareth seems to have forgotten or misplaced... sometimes he comes across as Bernard Hickey in disguise....Horace the Grumpnoreply@blogger.com