Kia ora. Long stories short, here’s my top six things to note in Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate and poverty on Friday, October 4:
The Government is set to unveil a new plan to underwrite construction of new private houses, Luke Malpass reported for Stuff and in more detail for The Post-$$$ this morning.
In the other scoop of the day, Rachel Thomas reported for The Post-$$$ last night a $529 million pay equity sum never arrived from the Government, driving most of a $934 million June quarter deficit for Te Whatu Ora-Health NZ.
In the deep-dive of the day, there’s a feature on van life in Kawerau.
In solutions news, we have a cartoon on solar panels.
In quote of the day, Chris Bishop explains why Government underwrites help private home developers.
In charts of the day, Australia’s youngest cohorts are increasingly renting.
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1. Govt set to underwrite new private house builds
This is quite the scoop preceding an announcement later today, including quotes from ministers. Luke has some detail in Stuff and more in The Post-$$$.
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