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Derelict landbanked houses 'a travesty', mayor says

'There must be about 150 that are just lying idle, rotting into the ground.'

'Abusive behaviour': Rejected rental tenants lash-out

Frustrations run high as homes become ever harder to find and price hikes 'crippling'

Revealed: Seven motels paid more than $1m each for emergency housing

But one of the moteliers says she would rather have her motel empty.

'Staggering': The city where houses are earning more in a month than most people earn in a year

The latest REINZ data shows the city's house price have reached a record $1,050,000.

Letters: Protests ignore the rights and freedoms of the majority

Our readers have their say.

Landlords say tax loophole is 'bribe' to switch to social housing

Tax breaks a huge incentive for landlords to evict hard workers - rent to social housing.

Homeless say trying to survive is a 'full-time job'

Men who have been rough sleepers for years speak about their struggles.

Man who lived in cave among million-dollar houses has a new home

But he says a family should have been priority for the house.

Commissioners' plea: Housing shortfall a challenge too big to face alone

Tauranga City Council's commissioners have pleaded to the Government for help.

New houses will cost more: Tauranga's 'crazy prices' put businesses at risk

Land supply shortages don't help in this region ... it needs to be more affordable.

Solo mum goes from 'gutter' to beachfront emergency housing

Motel owner: 'It's a supreme location, doesn't mean that it's too good for MSD people'.

The rise of Judea: 'I can't imagine living anywhere else'

A spotlight on Judea and why it is major drawcard for new residents.

Leaving a generation to the 'scrap heap': Child poverty soars

"If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap."

$6.5m in unpaid rates owed to Western Bay of Plenty council

The council says a significant portion of unpaid rates is related to Māori freehold land.

Tenancy law changes: Bach owners denied use of own property

Already tight rental market reduced further and knock-on effect to business.

Housing crisis 'a breach of human rights'

Successive governments have failed NZers, says Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt.