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State tenant nails windows shut to protect himself from gang intimidation
Kāinga Ora says it is urgently trying to relocate a man nailing windows of his place shut.
Home Truths: Welcome home - is this a key solution to NZ's property crisis?
The not-for-profit housing sector is trying to fill a big hole, with some success.
Elon Musk lives in tiny $71,000 house
Billionaire reveals what humble home looks like after selling off most of his real estate.
Liam Dann: Will rising interest rates deflate NZ's housing bubble?
The policy pieces are all falling into place, but will the housing market listen?
Political Roundup: The Democratic and equity deficits in Three Waters reforms
Equity problems in the Government proposals, Representation and governance concerns.
Liam Dann: On a knife-edge - How an oil shock could shake the world
Turmoil in oil markets a reminder there are no certainties on path to economic recovery.
House prices rise 41% in five years - the impact on Kiwi kids
About 40 per cent of Kiwi kids regularly move house by the age of 8, study finds.
Focus: How do young people feel about the housing market?
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Home Truths: NZ's Affordable Housing Crisis
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3 years. Zero homes. The project yet to yield a single house
The development plan was released under the now-abandoned KiwiBuild programme.
Healthy Homes enforcement should not fall to tenants - lawyer
The power imbalance between landlord and tenant may prevent people coming forward.
'I felt sick': Almost 90% of Wgtn's inner suburbs have character protection
Councillor left shocked by how much of the city has been 'locked up' from development.
Opinion: Treasury should answer for its poor house price 'judgment'
OPINION: Treasury's house price forecasts have been badly wrong, it should front up.
Treasury's drop in house price growth based on 'judgment' not firm economic model
Treasury's forecasts of a house price growth halt were based on 'judgment' not maths.
Gibbons: What are the RMA reforms solving?
Opinion: Why isn't the housing crisis central to the Natural and Built Environments Bill?
Comment: Greens dodge a bullet over Wellington housing plan vote
People were shocked, but councillor Iona Pannett was never going to vote against heritage.
Number of children living in motels reaches record high
At the end of 2020, there were 3888 kids living in motels. By March 31, there were 4368.
Fears more tenants will be stuck in tenancies due to new housing standards
A group of flatmates have been left shocked after discovering they're trapped in a lease.
Property bargain? $2m Auckland villa - but BYO bathroom
It's billed as Grey Lynn's most affordable character entry home. But where do you shower?
Pair living in park trespassed as homelessness skyrockets
Whangārei rough sleepers are facing trespass notices.
Heritage groups fight Govt in villas v apartments battle
The battle lines are being drawn in the balance between intensification and heritage.
Auctioneer using te reo Māori to close the deal
"It was very much the first time someone had taken te reo into the auction."
Auckland Council backs controversial plan for apartments to replace villas
About 30,000 character houses are in the path of the Government's intensification rules.
Government contracts 12 Rotorua motels for emergency housing
Motels selected because they were best placed to provide for 'longer-term whānau needs'.
Auckland suburbs rezoned for apartments: Is your property affected?
Large swathes of suburban Auckland are being rezoned for apartments.
Where is New Zealand's hottest region right now?
Building boom, dairy prices driving economic confidence around country.
'This city is not a museum': Wellington housing plan signed off
Wellington's spatial plan outlines how city will accommodate up to 80,000 extra people.
Consumer confidence back to pre-Covid level - except for Gen Z
Over 30s are increasingly upbeat about the economic outlook over the coming year.
Heritage protection the big issue in Wellington's housing debate
What strikes the right balance between protecting character and building more housing?
Sweden's PM loses confidence vote amid housing crisis
Loss makes Stefan Lofven the first Swedish government leader ever to lose such a motion.
The shape of Wellington's future is about to be decided
The question of 'intensification' underscores a growing conflict in Wellington.
'Dead money': $400k per week emergency housing price tag
The latest numbers show millions being poured into the Bay of Plenty housing crisis.
Call to move Tauranga airport and racecourse to make way for houses
The group believes medium-high density housing will address housing crisis and traffic.