Immigration numbers should be reduced until Auckland's housing and transport can cope with population growth, says Labour MP and mayoral candidate Phil Goff.
"Urgent and bold action is needed to stop the worsening housing crisis and restore the affordability and availability of housing," Goff said at his campaign launch yesterday.
He said Auckland was growing by a record 825 people a week, two thirds of whom are new migrants.
"Immigration is good for New Zealand - it brings skills and energy - but it needs to be at a rate transport and housing infrastructure can cope with."
Goff's housing policy calls for an easing of record migration numbers to allow infrastructure to catch up with population growth.