Housing
More power for Rotorua economic arm floated to help enable inner-city apartments
An expansion of the role of Rotorua Economic Development has been floated to support the delivery of "transformational place-making projects", including two apartment buildings in the city's CBD.
Healthy Homes enforcement should not fall to tenants, says lawyer
Those advocating for tenants say it should not be up to renters to enforce the Healthy Home Standards due to the power imbalance.
Rotorua iwi launches affordable home scheme for whānau
Rotorua iwi Ngāti Whakaue is launching an affordable home scheme for whānau on a subdivision it is developing.
Extra $20 a week not enough to fix housing crisis for beneficiaries - budgeters
While welcoming this month's benefit increase, a group of South Auckland budgeters say it is going to require more than a few dollars to fix the "horrifying" debt faced by so many of their clients.
NZ govt say they're trying to fix dire Pasifika housing
A Samoan family of 15 living in a four-bedroom Kainga Ora, New Zealand's state housing agency, home suffered severe health issues due to their living conditions.
Tenants can't be enforcer for healthy homes - advocate
Tenant advocates warn it can't be left to renters to make sure landlords follow the new Healthy Home Standards.
As it stands, it will be up to tenants to start legal proceedings if a landord isn't… Audio
Minister keen for progress on Ihumātao: 'We walk a fine line here'
It is time to get things moving on deciding the future of Ihumātao, the minister overseeing a steering group says.
Community providers struggle to address Pasifika housing crisis
Pasifika housing crisis highlighted by Kainga Ora placing large family with poor housing situation in the "too hard" basket. Audio
Call to use intelligence data to identify gang members in emergency housing
The government is relying on people entering emergency housing to tell them whether they are in gangs, National says.
Question of housing at Ihumātao back in the spotlight
It is time to get things moving - that is the message from the minister in charge of bringing together a steering group to decide the future of Ihumātao.
The rōpū whakahaere, or steering committee… Audio
House prices: Growth slows but 'too early to say' if market easing
Growth in house values has slowed, though the national average value was still nearly 26 percent higher than the year earlier at $943,184.
Wellington's largest transitional housing facility opens
People who might otherwise be left out in the cold now have a warm, safe and dry place to stay with the opening of Wellington's largest transitional housing facility.
Wellington's largest transitional housing facility opens in CBD
People who might otherwise be left out in the cold now have a warm, safe and dry place to stay with the opening of Wellington's largest transitional housing facility.
The central city building has… Video, Audio
NZ children living in motels reaches record high
The number of children living in motels has reached a record high, despite the government's pledge to combat child poverty.
Latest figures released to Checkpoint show there were more than 4,300… Video, Audio
Tougher housing standards needed to keep tamariki out of hospital
A housing researcher thinks tougher standards are necessary to keep tamariki out of hospital. Private rental properties must now comply with healthy homes standards, but Kainga Ora houses have two… Audio
The cost and extent of substandard housing
As of last week, private rental properties must now comply with healthy homes standards within 90 days of any new tenancy, but state houses have two years longer, and currently only a sixth of them… Audio
Fears more tenants will be stuck in tenancies due to new housing standards
A group of Wellington flatmates are trapped in their lease because their landlord is biding time before getting the property up to the Healthy Home Standards.
Landlord traps tenants in lease to buy time on healthy homes
A group of Wellington flatmates have received a nasty shock, after discovering they're trapped in a lease because their landlord is biding time before getting the property up to the Healthy Home… Audio
Shelly Bay caveat blocking housing plan looks set to lapse
Wellington City Council has applied to remove a caveat registered at Shelly Bay which is blocking a crucial stage in a controversial housing development planned for the site.
Whangārei pair living in park trespassed as homelessness skyrockets
Whangārei rough sleepers are facing trespass notices amid a rapid rise in homelessness.
