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Opinion: It's going to be a painful wait for new housing in Wellington
Wellington City has consented 423 fewer new homes than it did in the previous year.
Wellington City has consented 423 fewer new homes than it did in the previous year.
The Government spent nearly $200,000 on polling just before the election.
Residents are mounting a fight to be notified about the Wylie Court consent process.
Kāinga Ora staff numbers have nearly doubled in four years.
Crime in Auckland's CBD has jumped and businesses are feeling the pinch.
The country's housing crisis has been reframed as a human rights issue.
Financial Times: Soaring cost of home ownership has little effect on official inflation.
Soon after Auckland class action settled, another major case vindicates James Hardie.
Motel owner: 'It's a supreme location, doesn't mean that it's too good for MSD people'.
But Kāinga Ora has defended the spend, saying it has been received well by the community.
Hiking more aggressively next week could head off inflation risk and cool housing.
"If we give up, say it's too hard, we are consigning a generation to the scrap heap."
The council says a significant portion of unpaid rates is related to Māori freehold land.
Three-quarters of City Housing tenants pay more than 35 per cent of their income on rent.
Auckland Council will reveal its council valuations in October. Get an early peek here.
The man could be jailed for up to 10 years if convicted.
New Zealand is pulling out in front in the global shift to higher interest rates.
Greens say the Government has the resources to support both state and council tenants.
OPINION: A hot labour market may seem a good thing, but problems may lie ahead.
"There's no way we will be cancelling this project" - Tung Wei Ling.
First home buyers' scheme heading for the lowest number of grants ever paid out.
Divorce, loans to family and illness are leaving more older Kiwis as renters.
Opinion: When everyone is entitled to housing, governments may be held to account.
OPINION: Treating a fundamental human right as a commodity has led to this crisis.
'It is time to look at urban development in more equitable terms,' Daniel Newman says.
Nobody saying yet if the estimated $220 million class action settled out of court.
Successive governments have failed NZers, says Human Rights Commissioner Paul Hunt.
"By doing this ... many will be paying upwards of 50 per cent of their pension in rent."
The average weekly rent in the cheapest region is $251.
She has already lived in three different emergency housing motels.