Wellington will fall short of new housing target

Date: 
2015-05-29

The target of 1000 new homes in a year has proved too tough for Wellington, with the city council revealing it will probably fall well short of the target.
With just 366 new homes and sections consented in the first half of the financial year, the final tally by July 1 is projected to be 732 – missing out on the target by more than 25 per cent – a report going to the council's transport and urban development committee on Thursday warns.
The expected final number of consents is in line with how many were typically issued before the ambitious target was set as part of the Wellington Housing Accord signed with the Government last year.
The accord is designed to increase the number of new houses coming on to the market. The council is able to offer incentives to developers to build houses, and it can also create "special housing areas" with fast- tracked consenting conditions, no public notification and limited appeal rights.
The Government can also override the council and declare special housing areas without agreement. Auckland and Christchurch already have similar accords.
The accord sets a target of 1000 for the first year, rising to 1500 a year for the following four years, totalling 7000 houses in five years.

一年1000套新房?惠灵顿真的可以?

2014年6月,惠灵顿市长已与政府就住房协议(Housing Accord)达成一致, 该协议计划在未来12月内颁发1000套房屋及建地的营建许可证。根据相关法案,地方政府和中央可以磋商签署住房协议,在特定地区加快土地发放和建设项目审批,以加速住房供应。奥克兰和基督城是市议会与中央政府达成住房协议最早的城市,丰盛湾和皇后镇紧随惠灵顿其后。

从签署协议开始迄今已经超过了半个财政年度,惠灵顿City Council表示1000套的目标应该很难达成,因为获批的新房或地皮只有366套。预计到7月1日为止能达到732套。上周四交通和城市发展委员会报告也指出,看样子应该达不到预计目标的3/4。

政府去年签署的协议中计划在第一年允许1000套新建房屋,并在随后的四年里扩增至每年1500套,未来5年内修建7000套房屋,尽管市议会该协议旨在提高新房即将到市场的数量,外界评论这样的目标有些眼高手低,甚至有可能达不到前10年惠灵顿平均每年新建750套住房的数量。

但是惠灵顿City Council的努力还是不得不称赞。建立营建许可快速通道及指定建房特区(Special Housing Areas)。像Lower Stebbings(包括Churton Park部分地区),Kilbirnie、Johnsonville和Newtown的Adelaide Rd路段已经被纳入特殊住房区域。另外Shelly Bay,Newtown,Newlands,Woodridge以及Glenside的部分区域都有望成为特殊住房区域。另外政府还提供奖励给开发商建造房屋。

对此,城市规划和设计经理Warren Ulusele说,要从长远来看待这一问题,第一年的重点放在了落实特殊住宅区和激励机制,这都将更有利于惠灵顿在接下来的几年更好更快的达成7000套的目标。委员会主席Andy Foster也说,不能光看今年一年的数量,这毕竟是一个为期五年的协议。对市场反应做出正确的分析判断也是需要一段时间的。

希望在政府的努力和开发商的共同努力之下,惠灵顿能兴建更多的新房,缓解紧张的住房压力。从今年的房屋贷款数量看来,也是增长的趋势,当然也与优惠的房贷利率有很大的关系。据悉,银行在近期将再次降息。TFS会在第一时间为大家更新最近的房地产新闻与市场的变化。