In a post the other day, I noted in passing that the political Opposition parties seemed to be as lacking as the government in any serious ideas or analysis as to how New Zealand’s dismal post-war economic performance might begin to be reversed.
That prompted a commenter to suggest that the Labour party did seem to be offering fresh ideas for dealing with the housing market, drawing my attention to a recent substantial post by Labour’s highly-regarded housing spokesperson Phil Twyford. Twyford’s post is written with a left-wing audience in mind, but for anyone interested in housing policy issues it is worth reading.
There have been some encouraging words, at times, from Twyford on getting to the root cause of the housing problems – the pervasive land use restrictions imposed or facilitated by central and local governments of both parties that have driven would should be quite a cheap product…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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