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Five big ideas: How to build our way out of the housing crisis

Simon Wilson
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Senior Writer·NZ Herald·
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Five big ideas: How to build our way out of the housing crisis
Housing on Mt Victoria, Wellington, where there's a fierce debate over the value of greater density. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Simon Wilson
Opinion by Simon Wilson
Simon Wilson is an award-winning senior writer covering politics, the climate crisis, transport, housing, urban design and social issues. He joined the Herald in 2018.
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The cold, hard fact about housing is that neither Labour nor National wants prices to fall.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern avoided questions this week about whether that was the goal. National's leader, Judith Collins, has done the same.

The reason is this: For those who already own property, this is

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