An Auckland man has been found guilty of setting his dogs on a man employed by Housing New Zealand to test properties property for

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.

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.

After 10 days on mattresses at Te Puea Marae, the first thing B's little brothers wanted to do in their new home was run up and down the stairs.

The girl's plight came to light after she shared her story on Facebook.

The $5000 relocation grant to move out of Auckland will be available to prospective social housing tenants from Monday.

Housing New Zealand is being accused of causing homelessness by evicting people who can't get rehoused anywhere else.

Family tell of how they lived for four months in their van, while still going to work and school throughout their ordeal.

Housing New Zealand is demolishing a multi-million dollar state housing complex in Onehunga because of leaky building issues.

State house tenant with two disabled adult children will be able to stay in her house after Work and Income paid her rent arrears this morning.

Society's most vulnerable will receive a $650 million funding boost spanning health, welfare and education services aimed at helping those at-risk "lead better lives".

Social Development Minister Anne Tolley has ruled out cancelling the debt families rack up emergency housing.

Housing initiatives will feature strongly in Thursday's Budget, but there is unlikely to be any further help for first-home buyers.

COMMENT: The same crisis that is locking so many young people out of homeownership is locking our poorest families out of any home at all, writes Andrew Little. That's not the Kiwi way.

COMMENT: Meeting the housing needs of all Kiwis requires the Government to make changes right along the housing pipeline, says Minister for Social Housing Paula Bennett.

COMMENT: It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why the Government isn't making election promises to those in need.

Housing New Zealand has sold 18 state houses on the West Coast over the past four years netting $2,852,600.

A banker who Housing NZ paid $2.3 million to help it sell state houses won the most lucrative contracts in closed tenders, an investigation has found.

Housing NZ has spent $5.8 million so far this year testing and cleaning up state houses contaminated with meth, and more than half of them in Auckland.

Tenancy Tribunal rulings have ordered two ex tenants to pay for the damage caused by methamphetamine.

As Kiwi homeowners spend millions each year fixing P-contaminated houses, a drug detection expert has opened up on how to spot one in your neighbourhood.

Previous homeowners are able to get back into the housing market using KiwiSaver if they're in the same financial position as a first-home buyer.