"We've thought very carefully about what the needs are in terms of extra housing, extra affordable housing, extra social housing and the means to deliver that." The party will announce a major housing policy this weekend, which is likely to be at the heart of its election campaign next year. The Labour Party appears set to expand its policy to build 100,000 new houses, and is not ruling out a crackdown on property speculators if in power. Leader Andrew Little said this morning that the policy would include supply-side and demand-side measures. The new policy would include "workforce measures" to make sure there were enough tradespeople to build the houses.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 05, 2016 00:13 UTC