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  • More Government backdowns needed to end housing crisis

    James Shaw July 11, 2016 4:25 PM
    The Government’s backdown on forcing Housing New Zealand (HNZ) to pay a multimillion-dollar dividend shows that the Government can take measures to help end the housing crisis if it really wants to, the Green Party said today. “Reinvesting HNZ dividends to build more houses just makes sense and I’m pleased the Government is finally showing some flexibility on this,” said Green Party Co-leader James Shaw. “It was perverse that National was forcing HNZ to pay a dividend back to the...
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  • Reserve Bank hits housing crisis ball back into National’s court

    Julie Anne Genter July 07, 2016 6:17 PM
    Comments by the Reserve Bank today that the Government should consider ‘further reducing the tax advantage of investing in residential housing’ highlight that the Government could be doing much more to fix the housing crisis, the Green Party said. “John Key said earlier this week the Reserve Bank should ‘get on’ with fixing the housing crisis, but the Bank has put the spotlight back on the National Government’s inaction,” Green Party finance spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said. “When the Reserve...
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  • Key in crisis mode over housing bubble

    Julie Anne Genter July 06, 2016 11:37 AM
    John Key’s call for tougher lending controls for property speculators again demonstrates a Government in crisis mode over the hugely damaging housing price bubble, the Green Party said today. Prime Minister John Key yesterday signaled to the Reserve Bank that it should quickly extend existing loan-to-value ratio restrictions to investors to help slow house price rises. The latest monthly QV House Price Index shows values nationwide are now rising at the fastest rate since 2004, with the average house value...
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  • New data paints stark picture of inequality in NZ

    June 28, 2016 12:38 PM
    New data showing that the top 10 percent of New Zealand households own half our country’s wealth, while the bottom 40 percent of households own just 3 percent of the wealth, helps explain why so many people are living in cars and being forced to choose between putting food on their table or seeing a doctor when they’re sick, the Green Party said today. The data is from Statistics NZ’s Household Net Worth survey. “When wealth inequality is this stark,...
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  • National Government, the property speculator’s best friend

    June 27, 2016 3:42 PM
    The National Government is still the property speculator’s best friend, Green Party said today. Mortgage lending data released today by the Reserve Bank shows that residential property investors are borrowing more than three times as much as first home buyers. “Under the National Government, it’s clearly still much easier to buy a third, fourth, or fifth investment house, rather than your first home to live in,” Green Party Co-leader Metiria Turei said. “People just trying to get their own home...
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  • OCR: Households and businesses still held hostage to housing crisis

    James Shaw June 09, 2016 9:42 AM
    The National Government’s failure to fix the Auckland housing crisis continues to keep interest rates higher than they need to be, meaning families and businesses face higher than necessary costs of borrowing, the Green Party said today. The Reserve Bank today left the Official Cash Rate unchanged at 2.25 percent despite economic conditions that favour lowering the rate, citing risks to the economy from high house prices and a lack of housing supply. “National’s failure to fix the Auckland housing...
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  • Greens want strong leadership on housing in Budget 2016

    Julie Anne Genter May 25, 2016 11:02 AM
    Tomorrow’s Budget needs to announce a new, transformative plan to fix the housing crisis, the Green Party said today. Finance Minister Bill English will deliver his eighth Budget tomorrow and it’s likely it will contain no significant new measures to address rampant speculation in the housing market or the lack of affordable homes being built. “We’re becoming one of the only countries in the world that makes it easier for people to buy their second, third, or fourth house instead...
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  • Executive pay survey shows need for action on inequality

    May 13, 2016 10:47 AM
    New data that shows business executives received 12 percent pay rises last year, on average, while over 40 percent of all working people received no pay rise at all shows we need action to rebalance our economy, the Green Party said.* “The evidence is clear that economic inequality creates serious social issues – but we can address these issues by taxing the highest earners a bit more. They can afford it,” Green Party workplace relations spokesperson Denise Roche said. “When...
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  • Taking tax cuts off the table the right move

    Julie Anne Genter May 12, 2016 1:44 PM
    Taking more tax cuts off the table was the right move for Bill English to make in his pre-Budget speech today, the Green Party said. “It’s good that the Government has realised that tax cuts aren’t the kind of medicine our economy needs right now,” Green Party finance spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said. “National’s tax cut bribes have historically benefitted people on high incomes, and come at the expense of fixing problems like child poverty and the housing crisis. “There...
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  • Reserve Bank highlights need for more Govt action on housing crisis

    Julie Anne Genter May 11, 2016 10:52 AM
    It’s time for the Government to act to solve the housing crisis as the Reserve Bank again called for stronger Government action, the Green Party said. “The Government is moving too slowly and cautiously on housing, but actually there are many things it could do right now that would make a difference, including a proper capital gains tax (excluding the family home),” Green Party finance spokesperson Julie Anne Genter said. “The Government’s blaming everyone but itself for the housing crisis,...
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