Housing Nz
Questions raised about timing of dividend announcement
National and Labour are at loggerheads over housing, with Andrew Little announcing over the weekend that Labour would turn Housing NZ into a public service department - and National's response. Audio
Housing NZ details exit strategy from Queenstown
A memo from Housing New Zealand details an exit strategy for its presence in Queenstown, relating to the sale last month of a former state house. Audio
Queenstown social housing questioned
A memo from Housing NZ suggests Queenstown's "resort/lifestyle environment" is "incompatible" with social housing, prompting anger from providers.
English defends $118m Housing NZ dividend
The $118 million dividend Housing NZ is paying to the government is only a small amount of its income, Bill English says.
$20,000 to fix mouldy state house
Housing New Zealand says it is spending more than $20,000 repairing homes that become vacant, and reducing the likelihood of mould.
New house from the same mould
A woman whose son's health problems are being partly attributed to mould in her state house says she has been offered a different house - but that's mouldy too.
Mouldy home: Grocery vouchers 'an insult'
An Auckland mother says grocery vouchers and a motel offer from Housing NZ are an insult, given how much her mouldy home has cost her in medical bills. Audio
2800 state houses to transfer - but questions over expertise
The head of the company taking over thousands of Auckland state houses says they may have to hire Housing New Zealand staff to help run them. Audio
Salvation Army not surprised by Housing NZ complaints
Major Campbell Roberts from the Salvation Army is with us. Audio
Nearly 30,000 social housing tenants complaints a year
Tens of thousands of state house tenants are complaining of shoddy repair jobs and unfinished work by Housing New Zealand contractors coming to fix their homes. Audio
Tenant says maintenance complains falling on deaf ears
Tens of thousands of state house tenants are complaining of shoddy repair jobs and unfinished work by Housing New Zealand contractors. Audio
