CoreLogic debunks NZ PM on Auckland housing shortage

Friday, 4 August 2017

Yesterday in Parliament, New Zealand Prime Minister, Bill English, batted away suggestions that Auckland’s housing shortage was getting worse:

English trumpeted a growing supply of new houses. The PM brushed off a question about a 40,000 shortfall by saying the government didn’t accept the figure.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.