Dawn chorus: An invidious and unfair debt lid

Wellington Council should lift its self-imposed debt 'lid' from 225% of revenue to at least the LGFA's self-imposed limit of 300%; Councils also need more revenue linked directly to population growth

TLDR: The central Government and ratepayers have put themselves and Councils in an invidious and unfair position where out-of-date and arbitrary rules about debt are stopping councils from addressing their massive housing affordability and climate change challenges.

All over the country, the pressure of decades of under-investment in infrastructure, muc…