Revealed: 15 motels in one city paid more than $1m for emergency housing
It coincides with the growing number of people on the housing register.
It coincides with the growing number of people on the housing register.
'There must be about 150 that are just lying idle, rotting into the ground.'
Frustrations run high as homes become ever harder to find and price hikes 'crippling'
Former top cop Gary Smith feels he has no choice to speak up for the sake of Rotorua.
The latest REINZ data showed the city's house price reached a record $695,000
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A group of Rotorua residents are opposing emergency housing, but what's the solution?
A group of Rotorua residents are fighting plans to create more housing for the homeless.
Uncertainty making homeownership 'that much more difficult' for first-home buyers.
In Rotorua, the mean house value was $650,546, according to Infometrics
Council ''working from all angles'' on long-term solution to housing crisis.
Stage one of the $50m Mountview Green development in Rotorua is steaming ahead.
Wylie Court motel on Fenton St will not be turned into transitional housing.
Residents are mounting a fight to be notified about the Wylie Court consent process.
Successive governments have failed NZers, says Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt.
She has already lived in three different emergency housing motels.
Kāinga Ora will not confirm, however, Tamati Coffey has confirmed the purchase.
The capital value (CV) for the motel is $4.3m.
There's no easy answer for housing the next wave of Kiwi returnees and migrants.
Kāinga Ora built 73 houses in Rotorua but one city leader says that's 'hardly enough'.
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Motels selected because they were best placed to provide for 'longer-term whānau needs'.
The latest numbers show millions being poured into the Bay of Plenty housing crisis.
'Increased public unease about housing special needs persons and families in motels.'
Are visitors missing out on beds because the homeless are taking them?
A report was compiled to develop narratives into homelessness derived from experiences.