Lower commercial rents says Greens

[donna]

Reforms to lower commercial rents - to fill empty shops says Greens.

Umm - that's not going to do it! The way consumers shop has changed and it's never going back!

Shopping local in your village is still a thing as is online shopping. Travelling into cities, paying to get there, etc and getting around is just not a good use of time anymore!

Greens - the world has moved on! Restoring city vibrancy is not going to happen with small businesses taking up empty commercial spaces. Turn the commercial spaces into 'GREEN' spaces

regards,

Donna

[Sanya]

^^

If the GREENS can create legislation which permits councils to run rental auctions to lease vacant commercial space then its not a giant leap to do something similar for empty residential rental or vacation homes.

Census concludes that around 9% of Auckland homes (nationally about 11%) are empty.

[donna]

^^ my guess is retirees and BBs taking o/s holidays would be a good few percent - and second homes not actual rentals. Though there’s probably a few ex AirBnBs too that are left vacant to avoid taxes like GST.