Housing New Zealand

Parents and support workers say families are being told they don't qualify for a place on the Housing New Zealand register, despite the fact they're homeless. Audio

The cost of P contamination in state houses is spiralling, with Housing New Zealand expecting it to increase sixfold this financial year. Audio

Housing New Zealand's plan to pay the Government a dividend of 118-million-dollars this financial year has come under fire from Opposition and others concerned about the state of many of its homes. Audio

The Government is rebuffing calls to reject a multi-million-dollar payout from Housing New Zealand, saying the dividend encourages the agency to be more efficient. Audio

Housing New Zealand says it's spending more than 20-thousand dollars on repairing homes that become vacant, and reducing the likelihood of mould. Audio

Last Friday we ran the story about Te Ao Marama Wensor, who told us her state house in Auckland was so mouldy it was killing her children. Audio

The Fire Service has backed Housing New Zealand's decision not to reinstall a fire escape ladder at a Dunedin home, despite protest from its tenant. Housing New Zealand says the ladder was a safety… Audio

Poverty groups say news that 2000 state homes need work after just a month of checks means that's probably just the tip of the iceberg. Audio

Housing New Zealand has 18 billion dollars of stock in this country and 193,000 tenants. The spotlight has been on the state of some of that stock which has been branded cold, damp and unhealthy. Emma… Video, Audio

A Housing New Zealand home may have contributed to the death of a toddler and flooding in South Dunedin is described as a major disaster. Audio

Some Housing New Zealand tenants in Tamaki are feeling blindsided by the Government's move to transfer two thousand eight hundred homes to a redevelopment company it owns. Audio

Leonie Freeman is the General Manager Asset Development at Housing New Zealand. Audio

Peter Jeffries is chair of Auckland community housing providers network and CEO of Cort Community Housing. Todd Niall is Radio New Zealand's Auckland correspondent. Audio

Our Auckland correspondent Todd Niall says Housing New Zealand should have known that rules for high density housing were going to change before they announced the right size plan. Audio

Housing New Zealand is cutting short a 377 million dollar project it announced just last year that would have added thousands of bedrooms to existing state houses and build 500 two bedroom homes. Audio

The government's main justifications for wanting to sell-off almost a third of state houses are being disputed. Audio

The Government says it has no intention of selling Housing New Zealand and will use increased returns from the corporation to extend housing subsidies to more people. Audio