Housing
Housing - investing community-to-community
The supreme winner at last night's Sustainable Business Awards, Community Finance, helps charities fund affordable housing to help Kiwis locked out of rental accommodation. Audio
Despite lockdown, online auctions, AK house prices soar
Auckland's housing market continues to soar despite the city spending more than 100 days in lockdown. Homes are being snapped up sight unseen by kiwis desperate to return home and there is huge demand… Audio
Solving the World's Problems with Simon Wilson
Today senior NZ Herald writer, Simon Wilson, looks at what he calls National and Labour's slum enabling act, by allow high density housing in areas without the need for resources consent. Audio
Rates hike kick in the guts for first home buyers
Yesterday's rise in the official cash rate is being described as a kick in the guts for first home buyers.
After the Reserve Bank hiked its benchmark rate by 0.25 percent, commercial banks moved… Audio
Official cash rate hike 'just another blow' for first-time home buyers
Yesterday's rise in the official cash rate is being described as a kick in the guts for first home buyers.
New isolation facility opens in Christchurch
The days are numbered for MIQ for most people, with New Zealanders able to travel home and home isolate from Janaury or February next year, depending on where they're coming from.
But it'll stay in… Video, Audio
State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more
The National Party wants unruly tenants kicked out of Kāinga Ora housing, provided they've been warned, to show bad behaviour is unacceptable.
The state housing agency has a sustaining tenancies… Audio
Kāinga Ora policy costing taxpayer thousands in payouts
Kāinga Ora's refusal to evict tenants, no matter how appallingly they behave, is costing the taxpayer thousands of dollars in compensation.
Tenants, terrorised by their neighbours, have been awarded… Audio
Kāinga Ora policy forces thousands in payouts to terrorised neighbours
Kāinga Ora's 'sustaining tenancies' policy has cost the taxpayer thousands of dollars in payouts.
Plan to eradicate super weed from new Waikato subdivision 'ambitious'
The cost of managing an invasive "super weed", if it is not eradicated during construction of a billion-dollar Waikato development including 2500 new houses, will fall to ratepayers.
End could be in sight for Kawerau's landbanked derelict houses
Kawerau Mayor Malcolm Campbell says the government allowing landbanked houses to become derelict when so many people are homeless is a travesty.
Govt may review no-eviction policy for Kainga Ora tenants
The government may take a second look at Kāinga Ora's policy that's seen no tenants evicted in the past three years.
That's despite complaints of unruly behaviour and harassment of their neighbours… Audio
ANZ suspends low-deposit home loans to comply with RBNZ rules
The ANZ bank has put a clamp on low-deposit lending to owner-occupiers wanting to buy existing homes as it moves to comply with tighter Reserve Bank lending rules.
Kāinga Ora reconsidering evictions policy, minister says
Minister Poto Williams says a case in Whangārei is now before the justice system - and while evictions remain a 'last resort', the government will not accept adding to homelessness.
Strong unit sales drive Arvida Group's first half performance
The retirement village operator saw a 74 percent increase in unit sales despite lockdown disruption.
'Disgrace' - Developers, iwi, criticise housing intensification bill
Developers have told MPs they do not want a housing intensification bill that gives them open slather across swathes of suburbia. Developers have told MPs they do not want a...
'A public disgrace': State landlord accused of breaking law over abusive tenants
A litigation lawyer says the state landlord Kāinga Ora is "unquestionably" breaking the law by not evicting unruly tenants.
Developers, iwi, criticise housing density bill
Developers have told MPs they do not want a housing density bill that gives them open slather across swathes of suburbia.
An iwi says the proposed legislation is a "disgrace".
Phil Pennington… Audio
Kāinga Ora should evict unruly tenants - lawyer
A litigation lawyer says Kāinga Ora - the state landlord - is "unquestionably" breaking the law by not evicting unruly tenants.
An elderly couple living in a state housing complex in Whangārei… Audio
'Struggling' builders wary of government review
Parts of the building industry have welcomed the government's upcoming market study, but are not convinced it will fix issues. Audio
