Is Your New Community Sustainable? Look for these 3 traits

With housing minister Phil Twyford announcing 12-15 new Hobsonville-style developments in early 2018, talk of sustainable communities is all the rage. Making housing more environmentally and people-friendly is an important part of developing New Zealand as a clean, green nation, and for you as a homeowner, it's a chance to live in a neighbourhood that keeps costs down and quality of living up.

The question is, though, what should you be looking for in a "sustainable community"? We explain the characteristics of good sustainable development and use examples from one of NZ's leading projects, Hobsonville Point.

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