Housing

Opinion - After three decades of dismal leadership on housing, Budget 2017 is an opportunity to start addressing some long accumulated failures, Shamubeel Eaqub writes.

The owners of an Auckland apartment complex riddled with issues have been hit with a $32.8m repair bill - one of the biggest of its kind in New Zealand.

The future of a council-owned holiday park is under review, but foreign workers say they can't afford to live anywhere else in the town. Video

New standards for methamphetamine contamination in houses are pointless if the meth testing industry itself is not regulated, the government has been told.

Losing exemption to tax on capital gains is the latest move stripping New Zealanders in Australia of rights they used to have, some Kiwis across the ditch say.

House tenants who cause damage would be liable for the cost of their landlord's insurance excess under new legislation.

New Zealanders in Australia fear they are about to be hit with a hefty capital gains tax if they sell their family home under new budget changes.

After making controversial comments about community providers, the Associate Social Housing Minister's greatest regret is letting down his Cabinet colleagues, he says. Audio

A new app to enable tenants to bid against each other for a property will drive up already high prices, renters say. Audio

The housing shortage surged to the top of the news agenda this week with political promises of more new homes in a hurry, and a housing minister lashing out at housing charities and the media.

Whanganui's Castlecliff has transformed from a suburb in economic decline with a reputation for gang violence into a thriving community. Audio

A spate of household-plumbing failures in Australia that can cause thousands of dollars in damage has New Zealand's largest insurer keeping a close eye on the situation.

Most of the thousands of houses the government is promising to build and sell in Auckland over the next decade will cost well over $650,000.