Maynooth University Department of Geography invites you to attend a seminar presented by Prof Larry Murphy of the University of Auckland.
Housing Affordability and The Politics of Special Housing Areas in Auckland, New Zealand.
In response to sustained housing affordability issues, successive New Zealand governments have sought to promote new housing supply. Within the emerging policy orthodoxy urban planning has been constructed as problematic and emphasis has been placed on finding market solutions to housing problems. In this paper I examine the origins and impacts of the introduction of Special Housing Areas that employ fast-track planning processes. In particular, I challenge the idea that increased housing supply will result in more affordable housing.
Laurence Murphy is Professor of Human Geography in the School of Environment and was formerly Professor of Property in the University of Auckland Business School. He has published widely on property topics including; homeownership, social rental housing, mortgage securitisation, office development, the institutional evolution of listed property trusts, finance capital and entrepreneurial urban governance.
Prof Murphy completed his PhD in Urban Economic Geography at the University of Dublin (Trinity College) and has held lecturing posts at Trinity College Dublin, Queen's University Belfast and the London School of Economics.
Seminar: Prof Larry Murphy 25th Oct 2018
Information on our upcoming seminars can be found here:
Geography Seminar Series 2018-2019 v2