Housing
Te Pati Maori: capital gains tax needed for Maori to get ahead
Let's stay on the topic of housing - as we hear from Te Pati Maori co-leader Rawiri Waititi. Audio
Housing: Susan St John explains alternative to capital gains tax
The government has acknowledged that there are currently 480 applicants for social housing who are living in cars, and it includes families with children. In October 2017 that number was 102.
A week… Audio
Cyclone-affected Gisborne resident returns home, months on
A Gisborne man rescued from his property in dramatic fashion during Cyclone Gabrielle is finally back on his land, albeit in a temporary home.
The Week in Detail: Productivity, political slogans, and Healthy Homes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
Closed golf course brings concerns for housing intensification in Gulf Habour
An Auckland councillor says the demise of a premier coastal golf course is a worry not just for neighbours, but for the whole Hauraki gulf region.
'Staggering' rise in older Kiwis renting predicted
A doubling of the number of retirees who will be forced to rent over the next 25 years will require an urgent rethink on supporting their housing needs, the Retirement Commission says. Audio
June property sales up 17% compared with a year ago
The housing market is showing more signs of an uptick with falling supply and rising demand expected to lead to rising prices.
Government offer relief to flood damaged homeowners
People whose homes were damaged by the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle say the latest initiative to help them pay rent is a lifeline.
Many of those whose homes were red or yellow-stickered are… Audio
'Insurance money will be running out' - Flood-hit homeowners welcome accommodation payment
Help for storm-affected residents to pay rent has been called a "lifeline" by homeowners.
The cracks in the Healthy Homes rules
There are five basic standards to be met before landlords can get their Healthy Homes tick. Why do so many seem to be slipping through the cracks? Audio
Homecoming for displaced Muriwai residents
Relief for a handful of property owners in the cyclone-stricken west Auckland community of Muriwai. Today, five months on from Cyclone Gabrielle, council officers changed the stickers on 11 houses… Audio
Red stickered resident reacts to government accommodation payments
Muriwai resident Caroline Bellbooth has been in temporary accomodation since her home was red stickered following this year's extreme weather events. There's a slip at the back of her property , which… Video, Audio
Weather battered homeowners to get weekly payments from government
Displaced homeowners affected by this year's weather events will receive weekly payments, to help with temporary housing, while the future of their flood-damaged homes is still uncertain. Auckland… Audio
'Density done well' can benefit communities - Kāinga Ora
Communities need to accept built environments with more density so that more people can live close to where services are, a manager at Kāinga Ora says. Audio
Kainga Ora spent $800,000 to prepare submissions
Kainga Ora has spent $800,000 on lawyers, planners, and architects to help it prepare submissions on Wellington City Council's district plan review.
The state housing agency is pushing for changes to… Audio
KiwiSaver bond payment policy could drive up rental costs - Greens
Chlöe Swarbrick says she cannot understand how tenants needing to "raid their retirement savings" could help solve the housing crisis in New Zealand. Audio
'This will make people financially worse off' - Swarbrick
Earlier we spoke about National's proposal to allow renters under thirty access to their KiwiSaver to aid bond payments should they win the election.
But the Green Party's spokesperson for renters… Audio
Kāinga Ora pushing for changes to Wellington's housing rules
The state housing agency Kāinga Ora is pushing for radical changes to Wellington's housing rules, including wiping protections for character buildings and allowing more development on flood prone… Audio
National proposes KiwiSaver for bond payments
National is promising people under 30 a leg up in paying their rental bonds using KiwiSaver savings.
The party's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop says getting together up to four weeks rent in… Audio
National unveils policy to allow some tenants to use KiwiSaver for bond payments
National would allow people under the age of 30 to use their KiwiSaver to pay for a tenancy agreement bond.
