The Kākā’s Journal of Record for Monday, July 29

Household cost of living up 5.4% in the last year due to 26.7% rise in interest costs, while CPI rose 3.3% as it does not include interest costs; Townhouses now 45% of consents, up from 12% in 2022

TL;DR: As of 6:00 am on Monday, July 29, the top six announcements, speeches, reports and research around housing, climate and poverty in Aotearoa’s political economy in the last three days were:

1. Housing: CoreLogic reported townhouses now account for 45% of all new dwelling consents, up from 6% in 2012.

2. Costs of living: Stats NZ reported the cost of livin…