'Hard to live beside': State housing boss defends no evictions policy
'We're set up to house people, not to make people homeless.'
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'Living hell': Eviction ban protecting violent state tenants unlawful - lawyer
'The state is supposed to protect its citizens.'
Man sells home, moves islands to escape unruly state house neighbours
'New Zealand taxpayers deserve better than being held to ransom by s*** tenants.'
Death threats and abuse: Pensioners terrorised by gang member, state-house neighbours
"The consequences should be felt by the people who create the problems."
'Slum' or 'scaremongering'? Auckland Council releases images of intensification plan
Labour and National are on the path to building slums, says Phil Goff.
'Seven months of hell': Noisy neighbour destroying Auckland couple's lives
Noise control officers are powerless to seize her stereo due to lockdown restrictions.
Kāinga Ora criticised over rat-infested house in South Auckland
A nearby resident said she had complained about the house 10 to 15 times.,
Plan to turn Wylie Court motel into transitional housing quashed
Wylie Court motel on Fenton St will not be turned into transitional housing.
Crime in the City: Auckland's businesses implore Govt to act
Crime in Auckland's CBD has jumped and businesses are feeling the pinch.
Housing agency under fire for $30k spend on carving
But Kāinga Ora has defended the spend, saying it has been received well by the community.
National accuses Govt of 'pumped-up' housing numbers
Only half of the 'new' public housing supply added by the Government is actually new.
Creditor action pushes classroom, state house builder into administration
The business has built 88 education buildings, 50 homes and 348 modules.
Gunshots, violence, police: Person seriously injured in Chch incident
Police are investigating two violent incidents in Christchurch and Tokoroa.
Death sparks safety review of Wellington social housing
Wellington City Council to review social housing policies after a woman was found dead.
'Inhumane': Minister takes aim at emergency housing
Associate Housing Minister Marama Davidson not satisfied emergency housing is fully safe.
Standoff over seven-day eviction notice for disabled man nears two months
The slip came down in the November floods. Six months on, the uncertainty remains.
'She can breathe better now': Mum elated at 'warm and dry' home
Her 6-year-old daughter developed lung disease and asthma at their previous state home.
What change at Waiouru means for locals and the army
There's still a good life to be had in the smaller Waiouru camp, Patrick Hibbs says.
Q&A: New Government housing policy explained
Key changes of today's policy changes explained.
Liam Dann: Ratings upgrade a big tick for NZ, but what will it mean?
While NZ's ratings upgrade is definitely good news, the immediate impact may be muted.
Steven Joyce: Why this Govt won't fix the housing shortage
Does Kāinga Ora have the ability to deliver the homes Government is promising?
Housing crisis: Emergency grants up by 50 per cent
Nearly 10,000 people needed emergency assistance in the second half of last year.
Rowdy Auckland: Nearly 300,000 noise complaints in five years
Ratepayers have spent millions of dollars trying to keep the peace.
Child Poverty: Govt was on track to meet reduction targets ... before Covid-19
Govt needs to lift benefits and build more houses, Children's Commissioner says.
Brian Fallow: Help the kids, hit the landlords
It makes no sense that property investors can deduct all their interest costs.
Houses for 300 low-income tenants opened today in New Lynn
Low income tenants move into New Lynn.
A fight for housing while caring for dying mother-in-law
Jono Collard's terminally ill mother-in-law spent final months in nine different motels.
They'd cultivated a garden for 41 years but their fence was 2 metres in the wrong place
Hastings couple say Kāinga Ora's demolition of their fence and garden has blindsided them.
ACC's new investment: $50m of Auckland housing
The investment will allow 100 community houses to be built in Auckland in two years.
Three months ago, rough sleeping was virtually eliminated in NZ. Has it stayed that way?
Rough sleepers have been returning to Auckland streets - but it's not what it seems.
Kāinga Ora role in $150k house mark-up shocks home's past owners
MP calls for independent investigation of purchase, saying it raises serious questions.
State houses set to get $500m upgrade
Government aims to make state houses safer, warmer, drier and healthier.
Kāinga Ora buys over 1300 lots in Te Kauwhata subdivision
Kāinga Ora says there are no plans for social housing in the Te Kauwhata development
Grassed off: Lawn-mowing dispute leads to bomb and stabbing threats
A dispute over an unkempt garden led a woman threatening to stab her property manager.