29 May 2023

National withdraws from bipartisan housing policy

From Morning Report, 7:53 am on 29 May 2023
Chris Bishop

Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

The National Party has withdrawn from a bipartisan housing policy it helped draft.

The Medium Density Residential Standards were viewed by some as a gamechanger in helping the country address its chronic housing supply problems.

But National now wants councils to be able to opt out.

The National Party's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop spoke to Craig McCulloch.