Affordable housing
Regarding affordable housing, in my opinion, there is no such commodity left in the Tauranga region.
This has been brought about by the massive increase in the cost of residential sections, which in some cases have doubled in the last four years or so.
The increases have coincided with the Government's immigration policy which has created a strong demand from new homebuyers who have been attracted to this region, and others, notably from Auckland.
For a period since after the GFC in 2008, land developers stopped creating new sections as there was little or no demand, at that time.