National leader amplifies Nicola Willis' call for emergency re-zoning of land for housing, but doesn't address root cause of ratepayers refusing to pay for infrastructure to cope with mass migration
Rates pay for OPEX, Infrastructure is CAPEX. That is why ratepayers shouldn't pay for it. The fact that ratepayers don't really pay enough for the OPEX needed is a completely different issue.
All the money that is needed for the CAPEX, Govt./Council policies allows the land bankers to walk off with.
This then raises the question about the competence of the officials to allow this.
Was Collins only suggesting to rezone greenfield sites, not infill housing/desification?
densification*
Rates pay for OPEX, Infrastructure is CAPEX. That is why ratepayers shouldn't pay for it. The fact that ratepayers don't really pay enough for the OPEX needed is a completely different issue.
All the money that is needed for the CAPEX, Govt./Council policies allows the land bankers to walk off with.
This then raises the question about the competence of the officials to allow this.