Matt Prasad
@matty_prasad
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Practical Urban Designer, imperfect person. Trying to make places better for people one space at a time - opinions are my own.
A central AKL leafy suburb
Joined January 2016
RT @the_UrbanWolf: This works because they thought it through- workshops, community projects, sharing costs
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Joining the national conversation on productivity and economic reform, today Iโve released a working paper presenting the case that zoning reform in New Zealand boosted construction sector productivity over the past decade. Read it here: /1.
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RT @yimbymelbourne: A new paper highlights that while countries like Australia have seen construction productivity fall, NZ saw a boom in tโฆ.
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these seem like tinkering but are good process improvements. great for people in the know but not so wow for general public as a vision to get voters voting. should be something like Wellington should be NZs 2nd largest city by the end of the decade. "Grow Wellington, Grow NZ".
Today @andrewlittle_nz has released his housing policy, Saying yes to more homes and new development. This is a comprehensive and realistic plan to get Wellington building. We'll do that by:
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If implemented low population and large area councils are gonna find it challenging. I predict some of those councils will go bust and disappear
rnz.co.nz
Simon Watt says he is working at pace on the policy, which so far has recieved a mixed response around Parliament and councils.
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RT @leqonomics: New Publication. ๐๏ธ๐ Thrilled to share that our paper, โ๐ฟ๐ค๐๐จ ๐๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐พ๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ก ๐๐ฃ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ๐ ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ฉ ๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ก๐ค๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ฃ๐ฉ?โ, has been publisheโฆ.
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lol - please pass this onto your landlord so we can keep rental prices high for you.
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this is an awful idea. It will incentivise the council to slow down the process pushing people into the higher fee process making that the default process.
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RT @michael_wiebe: The National Post has a fawning blog post about Patrick Condon, so it's a good time to re-up this:..
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TL:DR.Already housed older folk don't want other older folk (affordably) housed near them. glad this went through without consultation.
nzherald.co.nz
The three-storey housing development in Pฤpฤmoa is for 'people in need'.
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more (current) evidence that building market rate homes helps affordable housing through vacancy chains.
New project: I'm writing a literature review called Building Abundance on housing and infrastructure research. First post is reviewing the literature on vacancy chains, link below.
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I miss Yifans.
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Labour are going to stuff this up again. because already all people are seeing and hearing is CGT and not TAX SWITCH
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people realising that cars have been subsidised and have not been contributing their fair share, and shocked any new system may redress that.
Road user charges is going to cost more. Here is an example: Toyota Corolla 2.0L. RUC rate = $76/1000km. Current petrol price $2.50L.New petrol price $1.80L. Would need approx 60L for 1000km. 60 x $2.50 = $150.60 x $1.80 = $108 + $76 โ=โ$184. Going to cost $34 more. @cjsbishop ๐
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seriously this is great urban planning. Why the Toronto District School Board is exploring 'podium' schools -
torontotoday.ca
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Toronto is combining schools and apartment towers, and honestly this is awesome and something I have been talking and trying to convince schools about in Ao/NZ ( all be it at a much smaller scale) .
torontolandscorp.com
The Toronto Lands Corporation (TLC) and the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) recognize that the efficient use of space will be critical in building schools to match our cityโs future growth. This...
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well shit this brought out the racist and those living in a bubble.
I knew this would happen. New Zealand is racist as fuck.
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I find it super interesting that apartments of this scale pencil at Northcote which although connected it is not on a rail line. Yet TRC is only now getting around to 3 stories 200m from a train station that's 3 stops from the city. is TRC failing Auckland??.
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