People who apply for a state house may be directed instead to a charitable housing provider under a bill introduced in the wake of this week's Budget.

About 3000 long-term state house tenants will be moved out into the private housing market under a surprise Budget move to put all existing tenants on fixed-term contracts.

The Government has agreed to develop a warrant of fitness scheme to require rental housing to be warm, dry and safe.

Pastor Kafeba Mundele and his family may be pushed out of their state house because he earns too much money - but his income may be halved in September.

A heartbroken family have received an apology from Housing New New Zealand after being told the day after their mother's funeral that they had to move out.

A formerly state house-dominated street in Sandringham is set for major redevelopment after seven large sections were sold to a developer for more than $8 million.

Two-storey townhouses and stand-alone houses expected to sell from $400,000 to $700,000 have been unveiled in the first stage of redeveloping 156 Housing NZ sites in Glen Innes.

A block of state housing land for sale in Sandringham is ripe for a townhouse development that could net a developer $28 million, a property expert has predicted.

The Government's goal of building 2000 new state houses in two years has been questioned after it was revealed that it had built only 68 homes in the past year.

Bill English should look into a mirror next time he points the finger at Auckland Council for not doing enough to encourage affordable housing, writes Brian Rudman.

Two tenants who moved into their Auckland state house two years after the start of World War II are still living there - more than 70 years later.

A woman living in the country's most valuable state house cheated WINZ out of more than $88,000 by hiding her relationship for six years.

Editorial: It is hardly surprisingly that many state-house tenants in Glen Innes are angry about being asked to leave homes they have inhabited for years.

Housing NZ spent $1.6 million on security firms last year for work which included monitoring about 355 houses which were sitting empty waiting for tenants.

Mana party MP Hone Harawira says police broke the window of his car before arresting him at a housing protest in east Auckland suburb of Glen Innes last night.

Some tenants of million-dollar state homes in some of Auckland's most exclusive suburbs are paying just $50 a week in rent, according to figures obtained by the Herald.

Tenants of New Zealand's most expensive state house - with sweeping views over Auckland's harbour - have been ordered out after one was convicted of benefit fraud.

New Zealand Defence Force staff are in line for a $45 million pay rise - but rents for those living in defence accommodation will also be increasing.