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Bishop wants a growth economy that isn't just a housing market with bits tacked on
Briefly for all subscribers on Wednesday, July 16, the key scoops, breaking news, deep-dives, editorials, analysis and other news links in Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate today are:
* Chris Bishop said yesterday he wanted to break the nation’s psyche and belief that the economy could only grow if rising house prices were increasing household wealth. He said that’s why he wanted to free up land and change zoning and building rules to increase housing supply, so that owning and renting could be more affordable. See more below in The Lead and Quote of the day…
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