AIM

This research is concerned with the patterns of location and tenure choices of people living in New Zealand’s most populous region – Auckland. It aims to improve New Zealand’s ability to plan for, and respond to, changing housing demand by:

Identifying likely patterns of tenure and location demand in the Auckland region.

Establishing the determinants of that tenure and/or location decisions by 20-40 year olds.

Assessing the environmental, social and economic implications of those patterns.

Assessing the impact of location and tenure choices on support needs in the context of an aging society.

Considering the implications for spatial planning and urban growth in the region.

Key Objective

A critical review of relevant international literature and New Zealand research results on tenure choices and their determinants, housing markets, labour markets, and regional development.

An in depth, systematic, survey of 20–40 year old households in the Auckland Region and the determinants of their tenure and location choices.

An analysis of the research results and implications for central, regional and local government housing, urban policy and related policy programmes in the Auckland Region.

Identification of, and responses to, any social, economic and environmental impacts of tenure and location choices, including housing affordability on 20–40 year old households in the Auckland Region.