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Closing CHRANZ
Yesterday the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) closed. This public agency funded independent and contestable research into New Zealand’s housing markets.
The Centre commissioned some important research, developing tools for analysing housing markets; looking at housing supply and demand, and their impact on prices; identifying the needs of different groups; examining regional markets; and most importantly documenting changing trends in affordability, ownership, and the disturbing emergence of the intermediate housing market.
Yesterday the Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) closed. This public agency funded independent and contestable research into New Zealand’s housing markets.
The Centre commissioned some important research, developing tools for analysing housing markets; looking at housing supply and demand, and their impact on prices; identifying the needs of different groups; examining regional markets; and most importantly documenting changing trends in affordability, ownership, and the disturbing emergence of the intermediate housing market.
But this posting is not a wake for CHRANZ. Fortunately
it has created an important knowledge base that enables us to
understand the challenges we face, and which will be relevant for some
time to come.[1]
It’s ironic, though, that its closure takes place at a time when there are more questions over housing than ever, more challenges and more uncertainties.
Housing – the perfect storm?
Rebuilding Christchurch
The earthquakes in Christchurch throw up huge questions over how and
where many residents will be housed, and even more questions over just
what will happen to the city’s population in the medium term, and its
projected demand for housing.
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Westhaven, Auckland, New Zealand, photo by Sandy Austin |
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| Mount Victoria, Auckland, New Zealand, by Squirmelia |
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