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$48m spent on Kāinga Ora social housing development, but site still sits empty
Kāinga Ora’s taking another look at the plans due to 'significant cost escalation'.
'I’ll get flooded': Kāinga Ora building delays frustrate neighbour
Homeowner says her property was flooded twice in two years.
Go-ahead given for 202 new homes in Rotorua
Approval has been given to build 202 homes at Ngongotahā, for starters.
Editorial: Houdini couldn't make that many families disappear from the emergency housing list
OPINION: The Govt says there are 32% less households living in motels.
'Super lonely‘: Woman has no neighbours as housing development reviewed
Kāinga Ora bulldozed everything around her, but isn't returning 'to put housing back up'.
Kāinga Ora sold $80 million of state housing in five years
Two Remuera properties were sold by the Govt housing agency for $2.3 million.
'It would take out 20% of sales': what many Catalina Bay apartment buyers want
One-bedroom units are $1.1m, the penthouse is $5m: New project, nearly done, move-in soon.
Disappointment as Kāinga Ora plans to slash Māori-focused housing team
39% of Kāinga Ora tenants Māori amid job cuts.
Middlebrook Rd tagged for proposed social housing subdivision
Construction is currently under way at the site to develop an access road.
New home consents fall to levels last seen five years ago
Consents for building new homes were down 24% annually.
Container-like Kāinga Ora apartment builds: Why little's changed in 3 months
Ranolf St and Malfroy Rd development shocked residents in March - when will it be done?
'Last resort': Auckland Council selling Ōtara home to recoup $317k unpaid rates bill
The property's owner hasn't made a rates payment in 19 years.
Value for money? Kāinga Ora spent $20m – now land sits vacant, housing plans scrapped
The sale was the subject of a protected disclosure that resulted in a confidential payout.
Fran O'Sullivan: Are Govt appointments a poisoned chalice for directors?
OPINION: Is taking on a Government appointment worth the risk?
'I was choking': Mum says poor Kāinga Ora fire repair impacted unwell son
The mum says the Kāinga Ora house stank of smoke after fire, a worry for her sick son.
Westpac touts potential of shared home ownership schemes, but will it actually take on more risk?
Community housing providers accuse banks of being too risk averse.
Kāinga Ora's 'battery-hen development' proposed for Ruakākā now under review
State housing builds that can't be finished by mid-2025 are being reassessed.
Neighbours fed up with piles of illegal rubbish dumped in their street
Peachgrove Rd has become a popular dumping ground.
So much, so fast, all at once: Govt moves at breathtaking pace on housing market
Massive reforms are under way: what do people think, what's the reaction, what effect?
Kāinga Ora re-housing tenants after 'major' fire in central Wellington flats
The housing agency was 'very concerned' to learn about the fire late yesterday afternoon.
'Not a socialist charity': How $35k bike cage at state housing site was funded
The storage cage designer was given a brief to design something no one could break into.
Letters: US politics and the right to bear arms; pay police properly
OPINION: In America, gun violence is commonplace.
Fire at Kāinga Ora accommodation block in Wellington suspicious
Emergency services were alerted to the blaze in Church St at 6pm.
Nothing’s changed since crackdown on unruly tenants - Kāinga Ora resident
Cheyne Smith describes his time in Kāinga Ora homes as a 'nightmare'.
Property Insider: How to still get $10k off a new house; apartment prices cut by 25%
One company is offering eligible buyers money for deposits so they can afford a house.
Simon Wilson: Why are we losing our minds over 15 free bicycles?
OPINION: Spurious 'economic necessity' claims undermine environment and efficiency goals.
Kāinga Ora evictions to rise in crackdown on unruly tenants
The Housing Minister expects the housing agency to evict an increasing number of people.
'Hugely inappropriate': $110k trial gives Kāinga Ora tenants free use of e-bikes
NZTA says a library of e-bikes and pushbikes is having 'significant positive impacts'.
Opinion: Size matters – why new housing rules risk cheap builds, shoebox apartments
OPINION: Will removing minimum dwelling sizes result in poor-quality housing? Yes.
Arena Williams: Now is the worst time for Govt to cut public housing funding
OPINION: New Zealand is lurching towards a historic construction sector slump.
Controversial Kāinga Ora housing development paused
But the agency is still continuing with the resource consent process and site clearance.
'Rich mates': Govt puts Rotorua on 'fast track' to more homelessness - Waititi
It comes after Kāinga Ora said 110 planned new homes in the city were being 'reassessed'.
Editorial: We need houses, but not at the expense of our food bowls
OPINION: The Government needs to be careful about an open slather approach to housing.