Social Housing
Australian housing providers eye up Auckland social housing
Tamaki Redevelopment Company is selling its tenancy arm, Tamaki Housing Association, which manages almost 3,000 homes. Local housing providers say they want it but they worry they could miss out to a… Audio
Social housing project on market after just a year
Australian community housing providers are eyeing up one of New Zealand's largest social housing projects for purchase.
Government departments at odds over social housing numbers
Opposition parties say discrepancies between two departments' tally of social houses is symptomatic of the Government's disarray over housing. Audio
Building site work starts at 'ridiculous' time of day
Residents in a quiet Auckland neighbourhood had a rude awakening this week, when work on a building site started before the crack of dawn.
1400 new state homes for Auckland
Housing NZ says it will add 1400 houses in Auckland in the next three years, after earlier mistakenly telling MPs it would only add 700.
Protesters camp out to stop state house tenant's eviction
About 40 protesters have gathered at the property of an Auckland state house tenant fighting to stay in her home of 20 years.
MSD apologises for repeat eviction comment
The Ministry for Social Development has apologised for saying a homeless family in emergency motel accommodation had been repeatedly evicted. Video
State homes left empty for months
Up to a dozen state homes on one Auckland street are unoccupied, and in some cases have been for months, as they wait for redevelopment. Audio
Caravan park paid $472k in WINZ grants
A West Auckland caravan park received nearly half a million dollars of government money in just two years, through emergency housing grants. Audio
Govt to sell 2500 state homes in Christchurch
The government is set to sell thousands of state homes in Christchurch, and John Key's childhood home could be among them. Video
Some vulnerable Wgtn residents to get cheaper rents
In a first of its type in this country, a cheaper housing option is to be available for the capital's most vulnerable residents.
'A lot more money' needed to fix long term housing
A surprise $300 million cash injection into the emergency housing is not enough to fix the problem, housing groups say. Audio
Funding boost shows housing crisis real - opposition
The government insists there is no housing crisis in New Zealand despite a surprise announcement yesterday of a $300 million injection for emergency housing.
Govt to spend $300m on emergency housing
The government will spend $300 million on emergency housing, funding an extra 1400 places around the country, the Minister for Social Housing says. Video
Minister denies funding boost response to housing crisis
The Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett says the government's 300 million dollar injection for emergency housing isn't an admission that the housing sector is in crisis. Audio
Govt agencies unable to agree on meth warnings
Two government agencies are at loggerheads over the meth testing of state homes. Audio
100 grants given to leave Auckland - Bennett
About 100 families and individuals have taken up the government's offer of financial help to move out of Auckland.
Housing NZ tenant had to pay for own emergency wheelchair access
A social housing tenant who uses a wheelchair has had to cover the cost of an emergency access path outside her Nelson property, after it was ruled not essential. Audio
Govt building 51 pop-up homes in Ōtāhuhu
Land earmarked for a school in south Auckland is to be developed into transitional housing for up to 250 people. Audio
$750m project to create hundreds of new state houses
The government will redevelop an Auckland state housing area to create hundreds of new affordable homes. Video
