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David Seymour: Act leader says New Zealand needs to lift its game to address critical housing shortage

Published: Sept. 10, 2023, 8:59 p.m.

An opinion New Zealand needs to lift its game in addressing its critical housing shortage. \xa0

Act wants builders to be able to use insurance companies as an alternative authority for consenting - cutting local council out of the process. \xa0

Leader David Seymour says he tried to help a man get a new type of Gib plasterboard approved by Auckland Council at the height of the Gib crisis. \xa0

He told Mike Hosking the council worker responsible for registering building material had gone away from work for three weeks.\xa0

\u201cIf you can\u2019t get something like that done in any length of time in New Zealand, then there\u2019s no way we\u2019re gonna see innovation and get the more affordable housing that we want.\u201d\xa0

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