Affordable Housing

Special Housing Areas are blocks of land set aside by local and central government - but where are the affordable homes that their developers are legally bound to provide? Audio

In Auckland, young families searching for affordable housing in special housing areas say it's proving Mission Impossible. Audio

The First Home Buyers' Club spokesperson Dustin Lindale says nobody is overseeing who is allocated an affordable homes by developers, and the developers are near impossible to contact. Audio

Top students in architecture, engineering and construction battle it out in a contest to come up with new ideas for affordable housing. Audio

A South Otago town with just a pub, a dairy and a fish and chip shop is hoping to attract more people to live there by selling brand new houses for just 230-thousand dollars. Our reporter Ian Telfer… Audio

More than 300 Aucklanders turned out to a meeting about the lack of affordable housing in the city. Audio

Promises are being made to develop affordable housing at an old rundown Air Force in Wellington on prime land, but the price tag for some will be as much as three-and-a-half million dollars. Audio

Auckland homes could become twice as affordable in fifteen years time, through higher density housing, and lower construction costs. Audio

The Skid Row Housing Trust provides permanent supportive housing in Downtown LA for those in extreme poverty, poor health, disabilities, mental illness and addiction. The Executive Director is Mike… Audio

The newly appointed Building and Housing, and Environment Minister, Nick Smith is promising a rewrite of the Resource Management Act to explicitly make more affordable housing one of its objectives. Audio