Going for Housing Growth: Providing for urban development in the new resource management system

Results updated 11 Dec 2025

Summary of submissions – published 11 December 2025

From 18 June to 17 August 2025, Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga – Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and the Ministry of Environment — Manatū Mō Te Taiao asked to hear your views about the Going for Housing Growth Pillar 1 proposals and how they could work in the new resource management system.

Thank you to all who made a submission.

Read the summary of submissions (hud.govt.nz).

Closed 17 Aug 2025

Opened 18 Jun 2025

Overview

The Going for Housing Growth programme is part of the Government’s broader plan to tackle Aotearoa New Zealand’s ongoing housing shortage. It’s structured around three pillars that make system changes to address the underlying causes of the housing supply shortage.

These are:

  • Pillar 1: Freeing up land for urban development, including removing unnecessary planning barriers
  • Pillar 2: Improving infrastructure funding and financing to support urban growth
  • Pillar 3: Providing incentives for communities and councils to support growth.

Together, these three pillars have an objective of improving housing affordability by significantly increasing the supply of developable land for housing, both inside and at the edge of our urban areas.

Read the discussion document (hud.govt.nz)