Lamorna Rogers: The housing crisis isn t taking a holiday
6 Apr, 2021 01:00 AM
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The idyllic-looking town of Kororāreka/Russell in the Bay of Islands isn t immune to the pressure on housing. Photo / Getty Images
The idyllic-looking town of Kororāreka/Russell in the Bay of Islands isn t immune to the pressure on housing. Photo / Getty Images
NZ Herald
OPINION
I don t know the answer to the housing crisis but I do know that there s some things we re not talking about.
We re not talking about what happens in towns where huge shares of the properties are holiday homes. I m talking about towns such as Kororāreka (Russell), our nearest town, where 40 per cent of houses are unoccupied. And that s not because of lack of rental demand.