Housing

Cemetery reserve land could be returned to iwi and developed to help address a housing shortage.

The Real Estate Institute house price index found that despite June normally being a slower month, this year it has been busier.

A New Plymouth solo mum, whose three kids are camping out in the living room to avoid their cold, damp and mouldy bedrooms, is dismayed her rental passed a Healthy Homes inspection.

Values reduced at a faster than average rate in Auckland and Wellington, and in Tauranga where the average slipped below $1 million.

Households are expected to spend more money on debt servicing costs as many borrowers roll onto higher mortgage rates, a Westpac economist says. Audio

The National Party is promising more cash and less red tape so councils can build houses in the Greater Christchurch area.

At least 40 councils are checking if any properties in their region are structurally at risk after a Taupō man allegedly forged the signatures of qualified engineers to sign off more than 1000…

The housing development enables solar energy distribution between the units via a rooftop facility and is the first high-density universal design complex built by Kainga Ora.

Making housing a fundamental human right would help crack down on a range of factors contributing to the fact decent housing is not available to all in New Zealand, advocates and advisors say. Audio

Politicians on the left and right are at odds over a new housing report, but agree that what is really needed is getting more homes built.

A New Plymouth emergency housing provider says a council survey asking what can be done about the city's housing crisis feels like a cruel joke.

The Chief Human Rights Commissioner says too many people are still living in cold, damp and mouldy homes, and is calling for the creation of a housing ombudsman. Audio