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Sonya Bateson on housing: Desperate times call for desperate measures

OPINION: Ngāi Te Rangi's plans seem a neat solution.

Rotorua councillors vote to keep reserve previously marked for public housing

Land valued at $2 million could be used to help fill a sportsfield deficit instead.

Iwi plans to import transportable homes for Māori living in 'appalling' conditions

The homes would have three bedrooms and cost up to $170,000.

'We've come a long way': 42 Kāinga Ora homes built for families

Housing Minister Megan Woods opened the development.

'Painstaking process': Council identifies projects involving man accused of forgery

The council says it has spoken to some property owners and will send letters to others.

Contracts extended for emergency housing motels used in Covid-19 response

May figures showing how many people are in emergency housing have been released.

'Freeloaders can bugger off': Merepeka Raukawa-Tait to stand for Parliament

She also took a swipe at people walking around with “their bloody pyjamas on”.

Kāinga Ora plan could see up to 40 small apartments built

There's a conditional contract between Kāinga Ora and a developer.

Social services provider's income more than doubles to $5m

Most of the trust’s income came from government contracts.

'I hate it': Four motels in five months is family of seven's rental crisis reality

Tradie living in van with his two dogs says 'brutal' rental market is hard for pet owners.

Why one of NZ's top 10 house builders is laying off staff

'Other group house builders have laid off significantly more staff than we have.' - Burney

'Unsafe' living conditions: Landlords lose long-running court battle

A Rotorua trust has lost a long-running legal battle.

Man with disability faces homelessness: 'I think it is so cruel. Where is the humanity?'

'I need a miracle. I know time is running out. I am very, very frightened.'

Thousands of state homes sit empty, maintenance budget up $410m

State homes are being brought to Healthy Homes standards - but some are empty.

Brutal rental market: Harrowing tales of the hunt for a home

What it's like living in a garage: 'I never imagined I’d end up like this.'

Marama Royal: The resurgence in our population has been a miraculous recovery for my people

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei chair Marama Royal outlines the iwi housing pathway