Sabin Mike: Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill — Second ReadingText is incorporated into the Bound VolumeSabin Mike: Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill — Second Reading[Sitting date: 22 August 2013. Volume:692;Page:12797. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.]MIKE SABIN (National—Northland):I am please to take—there I go my microphone is bursting into life—the last call on this Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas Bill a very pragmatic bill. Actually it is a bill that is about doing. One thing that we know about and that everyone across this House accepts is the challenges that Auckland in particular and cities similar to it are confronted with in terms of the housing supply and demand conundrum. We can sit around and stare at the fluff in our navel as much as we like but ultimately someone has to get on and do something. So I find it ironic but unsurprising to see the Opposition opposing yet again another initiative that is ultimately about trying to create a circuit-breaker in something—Le’aufa’amuliaAsenati Lole-Taylor: A window-dressing initiative.MIKE SABIN: Oh I hear some murmurings from across the floor—some subtle murmurings! Talk up—I cannot quite hear the member. So what we are being criticised for yet again and what we are failing to have support from Opposition parties on is actually meeting the challenges that councils and communities have been stumbling over. I find it very ironic that the member Eugenie Sage is saying that this could bring unexpected costs on councils which might have to put in infrastructure and drains and such like. Is that not what we actually need in subdivisions to get houses built? It is only just slightly less ironic than what we hear from the Labour Party members who talk about the fact that they are going to get out there and build 100000 homes in I do not know how long it was—10 years was it or something like that—at a cost of $300000 per home. They are obviously using Mr Parker’s—I was going to say David Clark but Mr Parker is the man I am talking about—calculator because it does introduce a factor of seven into his calculations. But what they have failed to do—and I guess this is why they have had a wee leadership hiccup today—is realise that actually houses do notlevitate above the ground. There is actually something that generally you have to anchor them down on to. That is earth—terra firma generally. In Auckland you may be not surprised—sorry not you Mr Deputy Speaker—but members may not be surprised to know that the average section price is in the vicinity of $325000. So how does one build a house for $300000 on a section that costs $325000?Hon Simon Bridges: David Cunliffe couldn’t.MIKE SABIN: Well I am sure the member David Cunliffe will be a person getting out his calculator and checking its accuracy over the next wee while because he will want to make sure that his numbers add up exactly correctly.Hon Simon Bridges: What’s a house cost in Herne Bay?MIKE SABIN: Goodness knows—Mr Cunliffe will be able to tell us. But I will not dilly-dally on too much further.I want to commend the Hon Nick Smith for what he has done with this bill. I want to commend the Social Services Committee and the chairmanship of Sam Lotu-Iiga and my colleagues. This is another good example of the National Government getting on and doing what people need.