在新西兰
政府再次以做表面文章来潦草面对适用房危机而令新西兰人失望。 看来比尔英格里希认为可以凭借国家党惯用的削弱资源管理法、对房地产商降低审批标准的手法便足以解决适用房危机。 而对于许许多多的新西兰人
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看来比尔英格里希认为可以凭借国家党惯用的削弱资源管理法、对房地产商降低审批标准的手法便足以解决适用房危机。
而对于许许多多的新西兰人来说，上述改变不过是蜻蜓点水、触及不到要害。很明显政府并没有认识到我国的主要问题其实是为中低收入家庭提供负担得起的住房，因为这些人根本就找不到房子。
建造适价住房已经被形容为“住房链上漏掉的一环”，因为一个目前的趋势是由私人开发的房子都是既大又贵。
新西兰人拥有住房的比率以及可负担的适用房比例呈现大幅下降――从1980年时达到高峰的75%跌到今日的65%。这已经影响到年轻人群――这些人都是新西兰想要留住的。如今，近半数年轻人都在租房住，1980年代末期却只有20%。这是为什么如此之多的人为了更好前程而离开新西兰的另一个原因。
除非政府能够跳出他们狭小的框框看问题，寻求革新之道好让人们住上适用房，不然在他们做些表面文章的同时，住房危机也还在继续加剧。
我国需要一个长期的房屋政策，这个政策必须让地方政府成为真正的合作伙伴，而作为起步，地方政府应当把住房作为核心服务的一部分。
工党要实行措施补上房屋链上缺失的这一环，并将助人们一臂之力。
我们需要多建造一些价位在35万至45万纽元之间的房屋，在租房领域有高质高效的标准，要有更多社会化住房并引进资本利得税以转移在房产的投机性投资。
国家党政府等了7个月才对生产率专业委员会作出回应，其答案却还是重复老一套做法。看样子明天失望的新西兰人将会质问：“这就是解决之道吗？”（霍建强议员办公室供稿）
Annette KING Housing Spokesperson
28 October 2012 MEDIA STATEMENT
Government tinkers in face of housing crisis
The Government appears set to disappoint New Zealanders again by offering token tinkering in response to the housing affordability crisis, says Labour’s Housing spokesperson Annette King.
“Bill English seems to think the housing affordability crisis can be solved by the usual National party hobbyhorses of weakening the Resource Management Act and lowering standards for property developers.
“Such changes will only be tinkering around the edges for thousands of Kiwis. The Government clearly doesn't realise that the main problem is affordable housing for low and moderate income earners, who just can’t find houses.
“The construction of affordable housing has been described as the ' missing rung of the housing ladder' as there is a tendency for new private sector-financed houses to be large and expensive.
“Home ownership and affordable housing rates have dropped dramatically from a peak of around 75% in the 1980s to 65% today. This has impacted on younger people, the very people we want to keep in New Zealand. Nearly half our young people are now in rental accommodation compared to 20% in the late 1980s. Another reason so many are leaving the country for good,
“Unless the Government thinks outside its narrow box and looks at innovative ways to get people into affordable housing the crisis will grow while the Government sits tinkering.
“It's time for a long term housing policy, which includes a real partnership with local government, starting by including housing as part of their core services.
“Labour wants measures to put the missing rung of the housing ladder in place and give people a leg up to it.
“We need to have more houses in the $350,000 to $450,000 range built, have quality and efficiency standards in rentals, have more social housing and introduce a capital gains tax to deter property speculation.
“The Government has waited seven months to respond to the Productivity Commission but has simply repeated its old mantras. It’s seems likely that tomorrow disappointed New Zealanders will ask ‘is that all’?”