Stephanie Rodgers

Feminist, leftie, green māmā from Te Whanganui-a-Tara

Tag: housing affordability

  • The government’s housing message dilemma

    John Key was across the media yesterday, trying to tamp down suggestions the Budget would do anything at all to address the housing “issue” which everyone else in New Zealand…

  • The Epsom Paradox

    After watching several of my Twitter buddies disbelievingly live-tweet the ridiculous proceedings around the Auckland Council’s Unitary Plan the other night, I had some thoughts. The good folks of Twitter…

  • Who is the left’s Rodney Hide?

    I had some thoughts on Rodney Hide’s latest column in the Herald on Sunday: https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/655485977780056064 https://twitter.com/bootstheory/status/655486540756336640 And they kept developing so I figured I had the makings of a blog…

  • What do you earn?

    Helen Kelly linked to an advice column in the Herald which suggests that while it’s perfectly okay to ask people how much they paid for their house, it’s a no-no…

  • No fix for housing affordability as long as we ignore what’s actually affordable

    Housing affordability has been a huge issue in New Zealand for a long time, but some extra fuel has been added to the fire by a recent survey which shows…