Housing

After a rebuild was cancelled, the former tenants of a social housing development in Auckland have seemingly 'disappeared'.

A high-profile property investor says he's found instances where claims were made that did not stack up.

The agency applied to have Vena Funaki evicted from the Ōtara, Auckland property after he acted aggressively when he was told to remove his dogs from the property.

Mortgage brokers say banks are struggling to keep up with the more active property market.

More people now have no shelter and are visible on the streets, the head of one charity says. Audio

The minister says the Auckland Council broadly agrees with a government directive for high-rise apartments alongside the $5 billion train upgrade. Audio

"[It] shift the mentality from homelessness being an individual problem caused by individuals to actually an understanding that homelessness is a collective responsibility," Hendry says.

The home at Kiwitea, near Feilding, now lends itself to agritourism due to its quiet and accessible location.

The deadline is looming for landlords, but what can you do if yours hasn't met it?

The study found that 3 years after moving into public housing, alleged offences and court charges among young people reduced by 11.7 percent and 10.9 percent more than the general population.

A desperate father moved into a storage unit in an industrial zone with his 5yo daughter, paying $430 a week for space with no fresh air or natural light.

The housing agency has identified 212 projects producing 3479 houses that will not proceed for "financial sustainability" reasons.

Wellington City Council has agreed to spend nearly half a million dollars on the "homelessness coordination service".

The projects would have included 3500 homes, as the state housing provider also sells a fifth of its vacant land.