OUR YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS
DESERVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING

JUST LIKE THEIR PARENTS HAD

TELL THE POLITICIANS - NOW !

The 2008 4th Edition Demographia International Housing Affordability Survey (media release here , Demographia here , Scoop articles here , Demographia latest news here ) shows that New Zealand's first home buyers are being FORCED TO PAY OVER TWICE AS MUCH for new starter homes - in comparison with many of their counterparts in North America. That's simply not fair.

All because central and local government is CURRENTLY NOT ALLOWING affordable housing to be built.

First home buyers should not have to pay any more than three times their annual household income for a new home.

They should not be forced to be "mortgage slaves" - carrying an excessive mortgage for the benefit of the Banks.
Or paying rent for the benefit of Landlords.

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Here is what many first home buyers in North America are paying for their first new homes:
$117,490 - Ryland Homes : Nantucket (3 bedrooms, 148.5sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$118,990 - Fox and Jacobs Homes : Faulkner (3 bedrooms, 158sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$124,990 - Centex Homes : Owens (3 bedrooms, 127sq.m living space plus dble garage)
$136,950 - Brighton Homes : Carmel (3 bedroom, 122sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$137,490 - Ryland Homes : Danbury (4 bedrooms, 176sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$139,990 - Lennar : Sunrise (3 bedroom, 2 bath, 140sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$145,040 - Pulte Homes : Orleans (3 bedrooms, study, 163sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$146,990 - David Weekley Homes : Hilliker (3 bedrooms, 202sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$150,990 - Centex Homes : Cameron (2 story, 4 bedrooms, 2 living & Dining, 2.5 Bathrooms, 211sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$156,990 - Lennar : Adderly (2 story, 4 bedroom, 205sq.m living space plus dbl garage)
$159,990 - David Weekley Homes : Bennet (3 bedroom, 180sq.m living space plus dbl garage)

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New Home Builders in Texas
Texas A&M University - Latest Report
Houston Association of Realtors
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Hugh Pavletich, co author of the Annual Demographia Survey
explains how over a reasonable and realistic time frame,
we can restore affordability in New Zealand - on the TV One Breakfast Programme recently
(Click to view TVNZ Video)

And this is what a number of New Zealand business leaders have to say...

Phil O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Business New Zealand
Pieter Burghout, Chief Executive, Master Builders
Brent Slater, Wellington residential developer
(Click to view TVNZ Video)

OUR YOUNG NEW ZEALANDERS DESERVE
AFFORDABLE HOUSING

TELL THE POLITICIANS NOW!

You know what the problems are. You know what the solutions are.
Let's start on the path to restoring housing affordability - NOW!

EMAIL
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Rt Hon Helen Clark - Prime Minister
Hon Maryan Street - Minister of Housing
Mr John Key - Leader of the National Party
Mr Phil Heatley - National Party Housing Spokesman
Labour Party: from Barker to Hereora, Hobbs to Yates
National Party: from Ardern to Henare, Hutchenson to Worth
Green Party: List 1, List 2
All Maori Party MP's
All other MPs

TELL THEM ALL!

And

MOST IMPORTANTLY!

Your Local Mayor, Regional and District Councils
North Island : Auckland to New Plymouth, North Shore to Whangarei
South Island: Ashburton to Westland

Encourage fellow New Zealanders, including those overseas, to participate too!
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