Generational conflict and middle-class decline in higher-density housing debates

Morgan Hamlin (2024) New Zealand Sociology, 39(1), pp. 22-38 Abstract. Utilising the pragmatic sociology of critique, this article qualitatively analyses how middle-class housing activists publicly oppose or support higher-density housing or intensification in the Auckland Unitary Plan. With growing concerns about inter-generational housing inequalities and the impacts of intensification, there has been a rise in resident opposition groups and pro-development activists who clash in public de...