Tag: advocacy

Active Advocacy

When New Zealand plunged into lockdown on August 17, Property Council’s advocacy team geared up to provide the Government and decision makers with the best information and advice to help […]

Submission: Housing and Urban Development

Property Council recently submitted on the Government’s Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development (GPS-HUD). While we supported a majority of the proposals, there are certain parts  of the Discussion Document that required […]

Housing Kiwis with Build-to-Rent

You may have caught our interview with Newshub on Friday where Head of Advocacy Denise Lee spoke about the opportunity of Build-to-Rent (BTR) and existing hurdles holding up this type […]

Making your voice heard in the regions

With Long-term Plan (LTP) season coming to a close, Property Council’s advocacy team is in the final throes of submitting on the draft LTPs for Tauranga and Wellington, with submissions […]

Resource Management reform

The dawn of a new RMA-less planning environment

Property Council has welcomed yesterday’s announcement by Environment Minister, David Parker, that the Government plans to repeal and replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) with three pieces of legislation: Natural […]

Shovel-ready projects update

Over the past few months, the Government has slowly announced a stream of ‘shovel ready projects’. On 18 August the Infrastructure Industry Reference Group published the current list in full. […]

What is Build-to-Rent?

New Zealand is facing a housing crisis, with a shortage of rental stock having a serious impact on the price, quality and availability of rental properties. Enter Build-to-Rent (or BTR […]