The wait list for a state house has risen by 40 per cent in just a year.

Tukituki Labour candidate Anna Lorck says Housing NZ has not lived up to its promises.

The large family are being evicted for overcrowding their friend's state house.

Social housing under pressure due to contaminated homes. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Redevelopment and methamphetamine were two key reasons for evictions from state houses.

A Hamilton East housing estate full of vacant houses is set to get a $7m makeover.

Napier needs more affordable, long-term houses. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

Housing New Zealand plans to build 11 new state houses in Auckland's Orakei Basin.

Housing NZ's future land assets will be sold off for private development.

The longest and last tenant in the derelict Jebson Place is leaving on Thursday.

Amy Adams' promotion shows National is bracing for a fight on housing.

A teacher is on trial for allegedly indecently assaulting a disabled woman in her home.

Two neighbours banged frantically on doors, walls as fire consumed the house.

An Otara house is on fire. The fire brigade is trying to extinguish it.

Labour plans to build a mix of new state houses and affordable houses in the Hutt.

Politicians are starting to refocus on emergency housing ahead of winter.

About 400 people joined in the protest during the weekend in Lower Hutt.

Church members will be camping out on vacant Housing NZ property over the weekend.

Families were woken by the racket of a noisy concrete pour at 5.30am as Auckland's frenzied building boom reaches fever pitch.

Glen Innes tenant Niki Rauti may seek rehearing after losing Tenancy Tribunal case.

A homeless mother-of-six couldn't find any motel room in Auckland yesterday.

A house fire which claimed two lives has been linked to "spotting cannabis".

A Glen Innes tenant battling against eviction from her former state house has put a surprising argument to the Tenancy Tribunal.

The Government is backing locally controlled urban development authorities to fight the slow speed of new city housing and infrastructure.

The High Court has approved a move for more than 400,000 extra homes across Auckland over the next 23 years, developers say.

Avondale and Mt Roskill could be next in line for large-scale housing projects, the Government says.

The gap between housing supply and demand in New Zealand is growing by 40 homes a day.

Hawke's Bay is facing a housing crisis with moteliers saying dozens of people squeezed out of emergency motel accommodation due to

Housing New Zealand has avoided being hauled back to Parliament to explain its incorrect figures on state houses.

Concerns about a lack of affordable Auckland housing and the high cost of building materials dominated a select committee today.