The Salvation Army has decided against buying state homes off the Government, a blow the Labour Party says is "hugely embarrassing".

Former high-flying multibillion-dollar developer Nigel McKenna is working on Auckland's big state house overhaul.

The country's most expensive state house is being sold to local iwi, almost three years after a tenant was turfed out for benefit fraud.

The receiver of the country's largest off-site house manufacturer is optimistic about selling it after 25 parties made their interest known.

Landlords have hit back at Reserve Bank consultation on their sector, threatening to punish tenants by hiking rents if a tougher lending regime is ushered in.

If you want a state house with a view, forget it. Beautiful views are banned in a draft new Government policy. Double garages and decks are out, too.

Former MP Hone Harawira has been called in to try to ease tensions in Glen Innes after a rock was thrown at a removal man trying to move a state house out of the area last year.

Housing New Zealand has told MPs this morning it could not build state houses any faster even if it was given a blank cheque.

Anti-social behaviour at an inner-city apartment block partly owned by Housing NZ has led to 42 complaints, two assaults and a near-fatal stabbing in two years.

Ngati Whatua state house tenant Apihai Pihema supports returning state housing to iwi in principle - but he worries that the rents could go so high that he might have to leave.

A charity tagged as a likely buyer of state houses says it is reviewing its involvement unless it can get either more capital from the Govt or a very low price for the houses.

Leading Maori tribes are lobbying to get first bidding rights for state houses when they start going up for sale this year.

Housing NZ Corporation has released the first image of its controversial new Meadowbank project, saying it has employed a top architectural practice to design the properties.

It is difficult to erase the suspicion that the social housing policy is motivated by ideology as much as anything else, writes John Armstrong.

John Key grew up in a state house in Christchurch, and many residents of his old street say they're disappointed at his plans for state houses.

National’s plan to sell off state houses will drive up rents for all renters, Labour leader Andrew Little says.

In his first major speech of the year, John Key is expected to outline what his government will do with the supply of social housing stock.

The number of people sleeping rough in Auckland's streets and parks has more than doubled as the city's housing crisis deepens.

The Government's Auckland Housing Accord aims to relieve the city's desperate housing shortage with 39,000 new homes, but only 350 residences have so far been built.

Mt Albert residents have upped the ante in their opposition to Housing New Zealand's plans for a Special Housing Area in their suburb.

Residents of a quiet no-exit Meadowbank street where homes are worth up to $1.9 million are angry Housing New Zealand plans to "slap down" 14 units in their midst.

Housing New Zealand has quietly dumped a $377 million programme to add new bedrooms to existing state houses and build hundreds of new homes on subdivided sections.

Hundreds of new homes will be developed on Housing Corporation land in some Auckland suburbs, including Avondale, New Lynn and South Auckland.

A toddler revived by firefighters after being pulled from his burning home is fighting for his life in Middlemore Hospital.

The number of state houses has dropped by 1600 in the past three years as grand plans for more state homes in Auckland appear to have been hit by rising land values.

Home buyers heeding the Prime Minister’s advice to consider an apartment can qualify to use KiwiSaver funds.

A beneficiary has been awarded more than $20,000 after Housing New Zealand was found to have been over-collecting private information about him.

Four Housing New Zealand families have been forced from their Stokes Valley homes overnight following a suspicious fire.