09-11-2022, 11:56 PM
(09-09-2022, 06:56 PM)ac3r Wrote: But we need more. More missing middle developments. Sadly...it's election time and not only do people rarely bother to vote at municipal level elections, this time around they'll be more focused on things like economics (as a result of the pandemic as well as a recession that's slowly snowballing) and issues like homelessness as so many people are tired of the bums trashing our downtown. I can't think of any candidates that have attempted to address the issues of housing (in detail) with the exception of trusted politicians like Morrice and newcomers like Dorothy McCabe whose platform does touch on this, but doesn't really go into any details.
I don't really watch videos, but yes, more missing middle. Though as tomh says, we get opposition to everything. But opposition to a 4-storey building looks more out of touch with reality, if that helps. NZ's central government is trying to say "you must build at least 4 storeys" though municipal governments are trying to say "character neighbourhoods"; we'll see how that works out. (It is also municipal election season in NZ right now; Wellington seems to have lots of well qualified candidates with 3 candidates per ward, but this is not true everywhere).