World Town Planning Day

The Housing We Need

Presented by the Greer O’Donnell

2

Community

Private Sector

Government

Place Planning + Design

Research + Engagement

Infrastructure + Property

Housing

Iwi

We are a team of urban transformation professionals.

Our mission is to create healthier and more equitable homes, neighbourhoods, towns and cities.

We bring together a range of different skills and experiences to turn strategy into action.

3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages

9. Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

10. Reduce inequality within and among countries

11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Housing in Aotearoa needs a facelift!

At the time of the 2018 Census, New Zealand’s homeownership rates were at their lowest since the 1950s.

Dwelling stock varies by tenure – with rental houses tending to be smaller and older.

Poor quality housing affects people’s wellbeing. Just over half of people who reported four key housing quality problems rated their overall life satisfaction poorly.

Source: https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/housing-in-aotearoa-2020

Be more business-minded to drive change

Start small to make a big difference

Understand communities to create opportunities

Meaningful participation to achieve progress

Participatory approach to facilitate change

Source: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2022/05/meaningful-participation-global-systemic-issues/

“Meaningful participation requires listening to people on the ground to successfully build policies and processes around their needs.”

World Economic Forum

Addressing systemic issues needs collaboration from the bottom up.

New Zealand’s Housing Survey - the housing we need.

The data from this survey will help us to understand current and future housing demand, specifically:

• The main influences of current housing choice
• Spatially where people want to live versus where they live now
• When people want to move and the reasons why
• What different households want from their future housing
• Māori housing: including the number of respondents who prefer living on papakaīnga, currently live within Māori collective ownership tenure and can realistically live with such arrangements
• What financial and non-financial decisions influence housing demand
• What people think is important when considering their next house
• The gap between what households want and what is available to them
• Level of satisfaction with the house types available
• The role of the neighbourhood versus the property in housing satisfaction
• Homelessness: including how long people have been homeless, their housing preference and housing features they would like and the kind of help they would like to transition out of homelessness

Kāpiti Coast District Council Housing Needs Assessment and Housing Strategy

More equitable and sustainable housing system

TUA supported KCDC to develop a comprehensive Housing Needs Assessment for the Kāpiti community

The Housing Strategy

Housing Trust

Dargaville Racecourse Plan Change Market Demand Analysis

‘Market demand’ (market willingness and capacity to deliver, lease, rent or purchase commercial, industrial or residential properties)

Housing survey (2% of population)

A deep dive into what housing was needed for the elderly

Data driven design for the Racecourse site and successful plan change

Ngāti Toa, Housing (Whare & Whenua) Strategy

Understanding the needs of their whānau (through a survey and a series of hui)

Understanding what types of housing is needed throughout the rohe

The Rūnanga of Ngāti Toa can prioritise their investment and efforts and can communicate with others effectively.

​

There is increasing diversification of housing stock, with more multi-unit dwellings being built, including units built as part of retirement complexes. Around 40% of all new dwellings consented since mid-2019 were multi-unit.

​

Will this meet our needs?

Source: https://www.stats.govt.nz/reports/housing-in-aotearoa-2020

From our first 2500 respondents we have already heard:

• Half aren’t satisfied with the housing options available to them.
• 3 in 5 are concerned about their ability to pay for future housing costs.
• 1 in 5 needed to trade off accessing medical care to meet their housing costs in the last 12 months.
• 1 in 5 are not heating or cooling their homes much as they feel they need to.
• Nearly half would consider living in terraced houses
• Access to natural light and it being affordable to heat or cool were the most important features of a home
• Being safe from natural hazards was the most important property feature that mattered to people
• Good public and active transport options were the most important services and facilities people wanted to live close to