Making it easier to build a granny flat makes sense – but it’s no solution to a housing crisis
- Written by Timothy Welch, Senior Lecturer in Urban Planning, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
RyanJLane/Getty ImagesAs part of its resource management reforms, the government will soon allow “super-sized granny flats” to be built without consent – potentially adding 13,000 dwellings over the next decade to provide “families with more housing options”.
This represents genuine progress in reducing regulatory...
