Nearly 5000 people are now in the queue for social housing across the country.

Nuisance and aggressive dogs on Housing New Zealand properties generated 1515 complaints to the state housing provider last year - despite a strict no-dog policy.

A 71-year-old man on the waiting list for a state house said he was told to "live in his car and then call back" to speed up the process of getting a home.

Government's plan to sell hundreds of state houses to NGOs has hit another hurdle.

Emergency housing funding marks the Government's acceptance that it must ensure every New Zealander has adequate shelter.

The Government will buy up to three more motels and construct modular housing as part of a new $300 million investment in emergency housing.

A woman whose family has been homeless since August last year says Government's $300 million boost could go further "but it's great what they've done".

The Government has announced a major policy on emergency housing this afternoon.

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious house fire in South Auckland.

A youth was shot directly outside her gate, but Housing New Zealand would not find her and her three young children a new home.

The Government's state housing agency is set to run out of money by February, ministers have been warned.

Mihi Dahm thought she was going to have to move her five children into a tent until Whare Tauranga stepped in to help. Things are

Teri Standen was re-housed from Auckland to Hamilton with a $3510 Government relocation grant but says it was the worst decision of her life.

EXCLUSIVE: Finance Minister Bill English is signalling a ramp-up of Government intervention in Auckland's private sector housing market.

They're the organisation that's aiming to go out of business. But Whangarei's Tai Tokerau Emergency Housing Trust is busier than

One month after their mother died of cancer, four Birkenhead children face becoming homeless on Saturday unless they can get a state house.

Parties at loggerheads over plans for Three Kings quarry must now meet and attempt a resolution.

Marae, women's refuges and other social agencies have won funding to house 3000 homeless families and individuals a year in the latest

Getting rough sleepers off the street could have a net economic benefit in NZ, an Opposition-led inquiry into homelessness has heard.

HomeStart grant is aimed at helping people on modest incomes to buy modest homes, so its application form takes a good hard look at your finances.

A family living in a South Auckland garage faces eviction in October because the landlord converted it into a flat without a council permit.

Housing NZ is accused of "creating homelessness" after applying to evict one out of every 25 tenants in the past year.

A huge jump in more intensive housing permitted in central Auckland may be the breakthrough frustrated first home buyers have been looking for.

The official waiting list for social housing has started rising again for the first time since the list was transferred to Work and Income two years ago.

Orlando Shepherd appeared in Manukau District Court this afternoon to be sentenced for owning a dog that attacked a person.

A pre-Budget report released by the Treasury today shows that the target for social housing places has been cut from 65,000 to 64,100, apparently for fiscal reasons.

COMMENT: Since announcing the policy, Labour has been almost silent on what it's planning and instead got distracted by what National was doing, writes Claire Trevett.

Housing New Zealand will spend $2 billion to build and buy more than 4000 new state houses after an apparent Government backtrack.

Labour's loudly heralded housing policy announcement today will be received with more interest than an opposition party normally receives.

COMMENT: Housing NZ assesses applications on behalf of KiwiSaver providers to understand if the applicant is in the same financial position as a first-home buyer.