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This research investigates how professional lobbying influences housing policy towards neoliberal outcomes, favoring corporate interests.

Lobbying, status quo building and housing policy normalisation in Aotearoa-New Zealand

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This article explores how advocacy shapes housing policy in Aotearoa-New Zealand, indicating significant influence by corporate interests.

This research investigates how professional lobbying influences housing policy towards neoliberal outcomes, favoring corporate interests.
Utilized an interdisciplinary mixed-methods approach, including interviews and content analysis.
Conducted audits of ministerial diaries and government relations personnel's activities.
Engaged various stakeholders, including professional associations and third sector campaigners.
Third sector campaigners showed some success in influencing policy, especially under left-leaning governments.
The third sector faces significant access and resource deficits, limiting their influence.
Corporate advocacy has established extensive networks that normalize neoliberal policies and counter progressive changes in housing.

Aeron Davis (2026) studied this question.

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This article explores how advocacy shapes housing policy in Aotearoa-New Zealand, indicating significant influence by corporate interests.