SR432 Creating improved housing outcomes: Liveable medium-density housing legislation and regulation review (March 2020)

This report reviews current New Zealand legislation and regulation to determine whether, what and how such statutes may influence the delivery of liveable MDH. 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 second of five research reports commissioned by BRANZ.

• Insight 1: New Zealand's current legislative and regulatory framework may not be in step with the transition towards higher-density housing typologies such as MDH
• Insight 2: Specific liveability requirements do not exist in one place
• Insight 3: Building and planning legislation and regulation appear to have the greatest influence on MDH liveability
• Insight 4:There are differences between how territorial authorities address MDH liveability within their unitary, district and city plans