Latest from Housing NZ Corporation

How to spot a P-contaminated house before buying

As Kiwi homeowners spend millions each year fixing P-contaminated houses, a drug detection expert has opened up on how to spot one in your neighbourhood.

Second 'first home' tricky after divorce

Previous homeowners are able to get back into the housing market using KiwiSaver if they're in the same financial position as a first-home buyer.

Some state housing tenants to be moved out

At least 2 per cent of Housing New Zealand tenants are not eligible to live in a state house.

Tackling homelessness head on

As most Kiwis head home, some have no homes to go to - but that is changing in Hamilton, which aims to end homelessness this year.

Summer Q&A: Glen Sowry

Housing New Zealand chief executive Glen Sowry reveals to Anne Gibson how his first career was as a sparky.

Property Report: Division over housing plan

Proposals to rezone Auckland single-house areas for multiple and mixed housing zones has created a generational rift among Aucklanders.

Housing NZ boss to head Metlifecare

The big taxpayer-funded pay rises

Top public sector CEOs reap at least $50,000 in pay rises and bonuses.

London prices 'nothing on Auckland'

A mould-infested house on the North Shore is being held up by the international press as an example of how heated Auckland's property market has become.

The Big Read: Fighting for a home

Having lived a life on the streets, Sue Henry believes in the right to a home. She's been fighting for state housing tenants since the 1980s.

KiwiSaver: Moving out could come at a cost

You can make a standard KiwiSaver first-home withdrawal without the additional top-up from the HomeStart grant. Helen Twose talks about the rules.

Syrian refugees find peace at last

Syrian refugees Lilas and Basal Slik have been sleeping soundly this year for the first time in their lives.

Grisly find in Housing NZ flat

Shocked residents of a quiet Porirua street are reeling after the grisly discovery of a neighbour's decomposing body weeks after he died on the floor of his home.

Mouldy state house 'killing my children'

An Auckland woman who says her damp and mouldy state house caused her boy's medical woes has been offered alternative temporary accommodation.

State houses upgraded following toddler's death

More than 2000 state houses have been upgraded after a coroner found damp and cold conditions may have contributed to a South Auckland toddler's death.

Govt plans social housing crackdown

People on the state house waiting list who turn down houses offered to them will be moved down the list, says the government.

'Reliable' housing data to be available

"I think it goes against the New Zealand way when you target one ethnic group and say they're the problem, " says Housing Minister Nick Smith.

eHome now in liquidation

One of NZ's biggest off-site housing manufacturers is now in liquidation, but creditors have hope of getting paid.