{"id":8073,"date":"2023-10-04T05:13:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8073"},"modified":"2023-10-04T05:13:34","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T16:13:34","slug":"possible-rates-hike-for-auckland-will-make-city-even-more-unaffordable-residents-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=8073","title":{"rendered":"Possible rates hike for Auckland will make city even more unaffordable, residents say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Aucklanders could be facing a double-digit rates hike next year, as the city council again looks at how to cover costs.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Auckland Council put rates up by 7.7 percent as part of a plan to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/489627\/auckland-council-s-ongoing-budget-hole-increases-to-375m\">plug its $325 million budget hole<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, the council had said those rates could nearly double next year from a starting point of 13.75 percent, as it looks to once again balance the books.<\/p>\n<p>Many Aucklanders saw rising costs in the city as a sign of the times.<\/p>\n<p>Some ratepayers in central Auckland told RNZ a rates hike was the last thing they need.<\/p>\n<p>One said a 13.75 percent increase was &#8220;outrageous&#8221;, while another said they were not getting anything for their money.<\/p>\n<p>An Auckland Council spokesperson said rates of 13.75 percent for the next financial year, were forecast for their Long Term Plan, as a result of decisions made for this year&#8217;s annual budget.<\/p>\n<p>RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aucklanders could be facing a double-digit rates hike next year, as the city council again looks at how to cover costs. Earlier this year, Auckland Council put rates up by 7.7 percent as part of a plan to\u00a0plug its $325 million budget hole. Looking ahead, the council had said those rates could nearly double next [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":8074,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8073"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8075,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8073\/revisions\/8075"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8074"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}