The directors of an Auckland development company could face jail time after charging affordable home buyers extras for driveways and fences - making their homes no longer affordable.
The Auckland Council has charged Imperial Homes - and its directors and land agent - with 42 counts of breaching the Resource Management Act.
It had been given fast tracked consents under the old Special Housing Areas in return for providing affordable homes in Hobsonville - but then tried to charge buyers tens of thousands of dollars more than the cap.
Rowan Quinn reports.
