Housing
Lower Hutt hard-hit by affordable housing shortage
A housing crisis in Lower Hutt is being exacerbated by people moving from nearby Wellington in search of cheaper rent.
Homeowners 'gobsmacked' after building company collapse
The owners of 27 Auckland townhouses have been left in limbo after contractors walked off the building site following the collapse of Corbel Construction.
Housing NZ: 'If we're unsuccessful, we won't give up'
A special team has been set up to try and find the 500 families who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand home, that have not yet been in touch with the organisation. Audio
House prices booming in regions - QV
House prices in regions usually considered affordable are booming, making a bargain for first home buyers even harder to find. The latest QV stats show in Dunedin prices have jumped 11 percent in a… Audio
Meth testing saga: More payouts imminent - Housing NZ
The Housing Minister says a special team has been set up to try to find the 500 families who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand home, and who've yet to get in touch with the… Audio
House price values show steady but modest growth
House price growth has steadily increased over the past year, though growth remains fairly modest.
Flawed meth testing regime 'a huge failure across government'
Housing New Zealand has started paying compensation to state house tenants who were evicted because of dodgy methamphetamine tests. Video
Ex-Housing NZ tenant disappointed in payout
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says government agencies are trying to track down the hundreds of people wrongly evicted from Housing New Zealand homes so they can get compensation. Fifty-five people… Audio
First govt payouts made over flawed meth testing
Fifty-five people who were wrongly evicted from their Housing New Zealand homes will today get an average of almost $8000 each in compensation, and a formal apology. It is the first in a series of… Audio
Lower Hutt hard-hit by affordable housing shortage
A housing crisis in Lower Hutt is being exacerbated by people moving into the city from nearby Wellington in search of cheaper rent, with nearly 50% of the region's emergency housing grants being paid… Audio
HNZ tenants evicted over meth tests on cusp of receiving compo
The first state house tenants kicked out of their homes due to flawed meth testing are about to have their compensation claims paid out after Cabinet signed off on a regulation change. Video, Audio
Is NZ ready for large scale housing cooperatives?
Will the lack of affordable housing be the catalyst for Auckland to seriously consider large scale cooperative housing projects? James Whetter from architecture firm Jasmax thinks the time is ripe for… Audio, Gallery
Lending restrictions for first home buyers, investors to be relaxed
The growth in house prices and lending has slowed so the risks to banks have also lessened, the governor of the Reserve Bank says.
New LVR restrictions may help first home buyers
The Reserve Bank will loosen its loan-to-value restrictions for both owner-occupiers and investors in January and has hinted it could ease them further in the future. Audio
Story of the day for 26 November 2018
The problem with flatmates - many of us have horror stories, and share a few of those soon. Audio
A year of Kiwibuild, can shared equity meet targets?
Bill McKay analyses the long awaited announcement of the Urban Design Authority - it's going to be huge, and will run several projects large scale and incorporate both Housing NZ and Kiwibuild. Also a… Audio
New 'super agency' to fast-track housing development
A new "super agency" will fast-track large-scale development of affordable and state housing.
Solving the world's problems
Rebecca Stevenson is Stuff's business editor and today she's tacking the issue of affordable housing - and kiwibuild and whether it might help the Auckland housing market. Audio
Tauranga homeless, begging ban not a solution - Salvation Army
The Salvation Army says a ban on beggars and rough sleepers in Tauranga won't solve the problem but just move it elsewhere. The Tauranga City Council has narrowly passed a bylaw banning begging and… Audio
Price point casts doubt over KiwiBuild homes
Almost 70 Kiwibuild homes are to be built in a neglected New Plymouth neighbourhood more than a decade after a new housing project was first promised.
