Social Housing

The Government is set to proceed with its controversial plan to sell more State houses while expecting community providers and iwi to provide more social housing. Audio

A man who has lived in Wellington council flats for nearly thirty years says community organisations don't have what it takes to be landlords and keep the rent down for thousands of tenants. Audio

Christchurch's Deputy Mayor, Vicki Buck details the council's formation of a company to run the city's social housing - and its hope to buy state houses off the government. Audio

Ideas takes a look at housing and in particular so-called cohousing, which began in Denmark in the 1960's. In a cohousing community the private dwellings typically have all the features of a normal… Audio