Affordable Housing
Nick Smith in the Auckland studio
The Building and Housing Minister Nick Smith joins John Campbell live in the Auckland studio. Video, Audio
Building in Browns Bay
Browns Bay, on the North Shore, is abuzz with building - but not in its Special Housing Area. Economist Donal Curtin joins Checkpoint. Video, Audio
Where are the affordable homes within SHAs?
Special Housing Areas are blocks of land set aside by local and central government - but where are the affordable homes that their developers are legally bound to provide? Audio
What is Hobsonville Point's affordable housing?
In Auckland, young families searching for affordable housing in special housing areas say it's proving Mission Impossible. Video, Audio
Akld families under pressure in house-hunt
In Auckland, young families searching for affordable housing in special housing areas say it's proving Mission Impossible. Audio
Affordable housing developers hard to contact
The First Home Buyers' Club spokesperson Dustin Lindale says nobody is overseeing who is allocated an affordable homes by developers, and the developers are near impossible to contact. Audio
Best young brains in building battle it out
Top students in architecture, engineering and construction battle it out in a contest to come up with new ideas for affordable housing. Audio
South Otago town reinvents affordable house dream
A South Otago town with just a pub, a dairy and a fish and chip shop is hoping to attract more people to live there by selling brand new houses for just 230-thousand dollars. Our reporter Ian Telfer… Audio
Labour's Akl meeting on affordable housing
More than 300 Aucklanders turned out to a meeting about the lack of affordable housing in the city. Audio
Promises for affordable houses among $3.5m homes
Promises are being made to develop affordable housing at an old rundown Air Force in Wellington on prime land, but the price tag for some will be as much as three-and-a-half million dollars. Audio
Higher density seen as cure to Akl's housing affordability
Auckland homes could become twice as affordable in fifteen years time, through higher density housing, and lower construction costs. Audio
Skid Row Housing Trust marks 25 years with new development
The Skid Row Housing Trust provides permanent supportive housing in Downtown LA for those in extreme poverty, poor health, disabilities, mental illness and addiction. The Executive Director is Mike… Audio
RMA needs reform to ease urban development
The newly appointed Building and Housing, and Environment Minister, Nick Smith is promising a rewrite of the Resource Management Act to explicitly make more affordable housing one of its objectives. Audio
