David Seymour: Act leader says New Zealand needs to lift its game to address critical housing shortage

An opinion New Zealand needs to lift its game in addressing its critical housing shortage.   Act wants builders to be able to use insurance companies as an alternative authority for consenting - cutting local council out of the process.   Leader David Seymour says he tried to help a man get a new type of Gib plasterboard approved by Auckland Council at the height of the Gib crisis.   He told Mike Hosking the council worker responsible for registering building material had gone away from work for three weeks.  “If you can’t get something like that done in any length of time in New Zealand, then there’s no way we’re gonna see innovation and get the more affordable housing that we want.”  LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.