Eleven new Special Housing Areas (SHAs) have been announced that will provide up to 1600 new homes across Auckland.
These new 'brownfield areas' will bring the total number of SHAs established in Auckland to 97, with a potential yield of 47,000 new homes.
The sites offer a mixture of dwelling types across a number of different areas in Auckland.
The 11 new SHAs announced are:
Bute Road, Browns Bay: 0.17 hectares, 49 homes
Sunnybrae Road, Hillcrest: 2.48 hectares, 100 homes
College Hill, Ponsonby: 0.24 hectares, 48 homes
Kingdon Street, Newmarket: 0.12 hectares, 58 homes
Corner Cornwall Park Avenue and Great South Road, Greenlane: 0.28 hectares, 64 homes
Layard Street, Avondale: 0.61 hectares, 124 homes
Kirkbride Road, Māngere: 1.70 hectares, 53 homes
Pacific Events Centre Drive, Manukau: 9.21 hectares, 900 homes
James Road, Manurewa: 0.21 hectares, 39 homes
Great South Road, Manurewa: 0.22 hectares, 24 homes
Takanini Road, Takanini: 1.36 hectares, 130-175 homes
Building and Housing Minister Dr Nick Smith and Mayor Len Brown also released the latest Housing Accord monitoring report, which shows the number of building consents in Auckland at a 10-year high.
"This report shows the house build rate in Auckland, at 8300 per year, is the fastest in a decade. The rate has grown at over 20 per cent per year since 2012 - the longest and strongest period of growth ever," Dr Smith says.
The Auckland Housing Accord, agreed on 1 October 2013, set a target of 39,000 new sections created and dwelling consented over three years - with 9000 in Year One, 13,000 in Year Two and 17,000 in Year Three.
"We are running just ahead of target one year and nine months in, with 19,921 new sections created and dwellings consented, as compared to the 18,750 expected at this point. We will require ongoing increases in pace, in both section and dwelling consents, to meet future targets," Dr Smith says.
"We are also currently assessing a number of plan variations (with combined QD housing developments) in a variety of locations which will add substantially to the development programme commencing across the region this summer. It is exciting to see development proceeding quickly so that real inroads can be made into Auckland's housing shortage," Mr Brown says.