30 May 2023

National to meet govt after bailing on bipartisan housing deal

From Checkpoint, 6:07 pm on 30 May 2023

National has agreed to meet the government over the bipartisan housing policy it walked away from, but will not say when it will sit down with the minister.

The Opposition has gone back on its 'Medium Density Residential Standards' agreement with Labour - saying it had its own, better plan.

Housing Minister Megan Woods has now written to the National Party twice in an attempt to save the deal.

Our political reporter Anneke Smith has more.