SR431 Creating improved housing outcomes: Medium-density housing liveability and wellbeing literature review (March 2020)

This report undertakes a review of national and international literature to identify the degree of liveability currently being achieved by MDH across New Zealand and how such liveability could be improved. Findings are intended to inform the building and construction industry, developers and policy makers at the national and local levels, enabling the settings necessary to design and deliver liveable MDH.

This report presents the findings of the first of five research reports.

• Insight 1: There is no commonly used definition of liveability in New Zealand.
• Insight 2: Liveability outcomes need to be considered across scales.
• Insight 3: Liveability generally refers to place, while wellbeing refers to people.
• Insight 4: There is a need for a better method of evaluating how MDH typologies may affect liveability.