Fast track approval for housing development – on a flood plain One of Auckland’s largest new housing developments – the Sunfield “masterplanned community” near Ardmore airport in South Auckland has been the go-ahead under fast track provisions. RNZHow is building in places without sewage connection for 24 years and building on floodplains good for NZs housing stock? Chris Bishop secured $140 million in Budget 2024 for community housing providers to deliver and operate 1500 new social homes by June 30, 2027. But according to a new progress report from the Ministry for Cities, Environment, Regions and Transport (MCERT), just 18% of the promised social homes had been delivered by June 30 – halfway through the budgeted time frame. TDB is the largest Left Wing Blog in NZ and we have been operating for 13 years now.