The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) engaged Principal Economics and Urban Economics to review Housing and Business Development Capacity Assessments (HBAs) across councils, with the exception of Rotorua and Wellington, whose HBAs were unavailable at the time.
Our review focused on compliance with the National Policy Statement on Urban Development 2020 (NPS-UD 2020) and identified key areas for improvement to guide future HBAs for both councils and the ministries (MfE and HUD).
Reviews that have been published online can be found below: