Housing
Government's homelessness resourcing strategy questioned
Last week the Social Housing Minister announced a 41-million-dollar injection into emergency housing and grants. Audio
More views on the Akl land issues
The deputy chair of the Auckland Council's development committee is Chris Darby and Phil Goff is a Mayoral candidate. Audio
Govt could step in to open up more land in Akl
The Government is warning it could step in if the Auckland Council doesn't agree to open up more land for new houses. Audio
Housing solutions come down to 'political will'
Solving Auckland's housing problem is a matter of leadership and political will, a meeting on the North Shore has been told.
Labour's Akl meeting on affordable housing
More than 300 Aucklanders turned out to a meeting about the lack of affordable housing in the city. Audio
Eight-week-old baby among hundreds homeless
Nicole is living in a motel with her three children, including an eight-week-old baby, but the family is facing the real possibility of having to live in a car. Video
Neighbours find rotting body in HNZ flat
The decomposing body of an elderly man has been found in a Housing New Zealand flat in central Wellington.
HNZ homes sitting idle for years
Almost 30 Housing New Zealand homes in New Plymouth have been empty for years, creating an "eerie" environment, a woman who lives in the neighbourhood says. Video
Auckland Council must open up land - English
The Finance Minister has put Auckland Council on notice that the government will step in if it doesn't open up more land for development.
Times are tough for landlords
Are private rentals in Auckland reasonably priced? Auckland Property Investors Associaton President Andrew Bruce joins Checkpoint. Audio
Labour says urban growth boundaries should be scrapped
The Finance Minister has come out swinging, saying the Auckland Council is on notice that central Government expects it to open up more land for development. Audio
New Plymouth state houses sit empty
While people in Auckland are forced to live in cars and garages, New Plymouth's Marfell is a ghost town - and a social housing advocate wants to know why so many state houses there are empty. Video, Audio
WINZ emergency housing at $1330 a week
Desperate WINZ clients seeking accommodation are being referred to $190 a night motels in Takanini, Auckland - and they're expected to pay it back to WINZ. John Campbell reports. Video, Audio
Where do homeless go when help runs out?
Charities say the emergency housing funds the government has announced fail to address the long-term problems of homeless people.
Homeless mum: 'It's pretty scary at night'
A Christchurch mother who left her home because of domestic violence and is now sleeping in her car says the system has failed her.
Politics won't sway Auckland's draft unitary plan
The independent panel helping plan Auckland's future housing won't be swayed by political comments, it says. Audio
Auckland plan panel determined not to be swayed
The independent panel drafting the plan shaping Auckland's future housing says it won't be swayed by political comments. Audio
Better homeless data needed to drive better public policy decisions.
Guyon Espiner talks to Max Rashbrooke, who researches and writes on inequality and the founder of the Gimme Shelter campaign, James Crow. Audio
Government comments won't influence Auckland panel: chair
The chair of an independent panel drafting Auckland's development blueprint says it won't be influenced by government comments on the need to create more housing land. Audio
School donation helps foreigners buy Queenstown land
Prime Minister John Key is "comfortable" with a $100,000 donation to Wakatipu High School in return for the Overseas Investment Office's approval of a land sale, he says.
