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.
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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.
Rough sleeping all but eliminated in NZ in six weeks of lockdown
The Covid crisis has had a silver lining: Nearly every rough sleeper has been housed.
'Who's this racist coward?' Support for Māori woman suffering slurs and threats
Ponsonby locals tell subject of racist letter: "Know you are loved".
Budget 2020: Auckland could get 2600 new public houses to tackle homelessness
More than 400 rough sleepers taken off streets during lockdown need permanent homes.
Budget 2020: Govt to borrow $5b to add 8000 state and transitional houses
The Government wants to add 8000 more state and transitional homes over five years.
Family lose everything in suspicious house fire
Police are investigating a suspicious fire that destroyed a family home.
Honeymoon from hell: Brit working for Government refused entry to NZ
The pair have been told they do not fit the criteria to come back to New Zealand.
Simon Wilson: Beach Haven and the future of social housing
COMMENT: What's the point of solving a supply crisis if you risk creating a slum crisis?
Self-isolation impossible for tens of thousands of Kiwis
The Conversation: What about those who don't have a secure home?
First Napier KiwiBuild owners start moving in
Former state housing site was vacant for more than six years, until KiwiBuild came along.
West Auckland double death: Six children left without a mother, family reeling
Family of dead Auckland mum and newborn fundraising to support six surviving children.
Kelston double death: Mum, newborn baby's bodies found at home
A woman and her newborn baby were found dead in a West Auckland house.
Two people found dead: 'Yelling, screaming' then silence at Auckland house
Neighbours say they've heard fighting at the house before.
Housing shortage: Mum resorts to Airbnb to stop family being homeless
Solo mum can't find long-term accommodation due to Hamilton's extreme housing shortage.
Millions of dollars spent on state houses by new buyer
Former state homes that were sold off needed significant maintenance.
A recently-bereaved Dunedin man has been left which just a towel and t-shirt after a fire ripped through his home, killing his dog
A Dunedin man's partner died suddenly, then a house fire killed his dog.
Govt building 10 state houses a day - but the wait-list for them is still growing
Govt is building more houses, but the waiting list for them keeps growing.
Lack of sharia-finance locking Muslims out of housing market
A lack of viable banking alternatives drives Muslims to take on conventional finance.
Housing NZ says gazumping private buyers won't happen again
Housing NZ had purchased a block of 44 apartments, seven of which had been pre-sold.
Housing crisis: 'I'm scared my kids are going to live that same struggle'
Residents say they feel housing redevelopments are threatening their community.
High-density housing: Jitters over special powers to take public parks, private land
Kāinga Ora will have the power to set rates and development contributions.
'Ghost homes': Akl Council wants to use empty private houses for homeless
Auckland Council wants to tenant vacant houses - if it can get around privacy concerns.
Local Focus: Napier's recycling programme a crate success
Limit of three crates each leads to imaginative filling. Made with funding from NZ On Air.
Kāinga Ora ordered to pay tenants over neighbours' 'disturbing' behaviour
It's not Kāinga Ora policy to terminate tenancies, the Crown agency says.
Market pressure: Social housing wait list jumps 42% in month
Vulnerable people priced out of the market as people look further afield than Wellington.
Fearful state house tenant ignored - until she was raped, she says
A woman told Kainga Ora she felt unsafe in her home but was only moved after a rape.
New homes for families in need before Christmas
The Aukusitinos are moving into their new home just in time for Christmas.
Changing face of Auckland: Swathes of state housing coming to a suburb near you
It's one of Auckland's biggest changes since World War II and it's in almost every suburb.
'We're all human': Neighbours sell up as state house tenants move in
8 homes have been sold in a Flat Bush block after Housing NZ moved in. Is it justified?
Housing woes: People living in trees, car ports, old cars
Rural communities in Northland are crying out for easier access to suitable housing.