Housing Crisis
Housing crisis hitting regions - report
A newly commissioned report sheds more light on how the housing affordability crisis is affecting the regions, new report has shed light on how the housing affordability crisis is affecting the… Audio
Housing crisis hampering efforts to flee abusive relationships
In Hamilton, the shortage of affordable homes has seen women return to the violent homes they had previously fled. Ruahine Albert is the chief executive of the Waikato Women's Refuge. Audio
Lack of numbers on affordable houses hindering progress
Leonie Freeman is a housing commentator, having worked in both the private and public sector on housing issues. She thinks it's 'concerning and surprising' that the Auckland Council and government… Audio
Housing Minister says affordable housing numbers difficult to achieve
The Building and Construction Minister, Nick Smith, says regulating house prices to ensure a percentage being built are affordable is very difficult to achieve. Audio
Auckland Council can't say how many 'affordable' homes have been built
Auckland Council's solution for the housing crisis has been running for four years but it still cannot say how many affordable homes have been built. Our reporter Sharon Brettkelly has been looking… Audio
Housing efforts falling far short of what's needed.
A community housing provider says it's disappointing that the Housing Accord has delivered so few houses and ever fewer affordable ones for a city in crisis. Audio
Wellington housing plan 'most thorough reforms in a generation'
Wellington's mayor Justin Lester is touting a just-released housing plan to stop the city becoming another Auckland, as the 'most thorough reforms in a generation'. Audio
RBNZ says higher mortgage rates could trigger housing downturn
In its latest review of the financial system, the Reserve Bank has given the financial system a clean bill of health. However in a big but, it's worried a rise in mortgage interest rates to 7 percent… Audio
Govt responds to house crisis figures
The Minister of Social Housing, Amy Adams says there's no doubt housing pressures have increased, but she says the register also reflects an awareness-raising campaign the MSD ran and a review of the… Audio
Turning up the heat on housing
The housing shortage surged to the top of the news agenda this week with political promises of more new homes in a hurry, and a housing minister lashing out at housing charities and the media. Audio
Turning up the heat on housing
The housing shortage surged to the top of the news agenda this week with political promises of more new homes in a hurry, and a housing minister lashing out at housing charities and the media.
AudioOpposition says National missing the mark with new housing
The vast majority of the houses the Government is promising to build and then sell in Auckland over the next decade will have a price tag of well over 650-thousand dollars and many have already been… Audio
Labour pledges to close property loophole
Labour leader Andrew Little has taken aim at property speculators. Speaking at the party's annual conference Mr Little announced he'd crack down on tax loopholes to level the playing field for first… Audio
Dunedin gripped by housing crisis - Clare Curran
The Dunedin Labour MP says her office is inundated with desperate calls for help for shelter, after house prices rose more than 12 per cent in the last year. Audio
Motels paid more than $100,000 a month in emergency housing grants
In the last three months of last year, five motels in South Auckland were paid more than $1 million to house the country's homeless. Video, Audio
Labour slams emergency housing budget blowout
Labour leader Andrew Little says the cost blowout in the emergency housing benefit is proof the Government is completely out of touch on the number of New Zealanders affected by the housing crisis. Audio
Controversial artwork unwrapped on Auckland wharf
A controversial $1.5 million art piece - closely resembling a state house - has been unwrapped at Queens Wharf.
Music 101: Pocket Edition 106 Renters United/Rev Horton Heat/Passenger/Graeme James
In the Music 101 Pocket Edition tonight Yadana Saw attends the Renters United fundraiser gig, Trevor Reekie has his time with the Reverend Horton Heat and Alex Behan talks busking with Passenger and… Audio
Renters unite for tenants' rights
Renters United is a Wellington collective seeking change in the local rental property sector. Yadana Saw heads along to their fundraiser gig. Audio
Auckland's forecast construction figure falls shy of target
Analysis - As final sign-off of Auckland's Unitary Plan looms, a new set of figures show its bold aims of higher density and greater affordability are going to take longer than thought to deliver.
