Client: Centre for Housing Research Aotearoa New Zealand (CHRANZ) and the Department of Labour

Date: October 2007

Authors: Kel Sanderson, Dr Ganesh Nana, David Norman, Jiani Wu

The paper reported on our study of the relationships between immigration and the composition of housing demand. The study was a component project within the wider Economic Impacts of Immigration (EII) project.

The study began with a literature review of work done on the impact of migration on housing nationally and abroad. It went on to describe patterns in housing behaviour of migrants of different origins and household structures over the 15 years between 1991 and 2006. It then looked at housing supply over the same period, before examining two possible scenarios of migration to 2016, and their resultant impacts on housing demand. The report also highlighted key policy implications, and included an extensive set of appendices that looked at tenure and dwelling type housing behaviour of migrants in greater detail.

The final report can be downloaded from the CHRANZ website here.

BERL#4516