Government sets out where it will build new public homes as waitlist reaches new heights
The Government has revealed where it plans to build 8000 new public and transitional homes it promised in the last Budget
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Housing crisis: Emergency accommodation grants up by 50 per cent
Demand for emergency accommodation has escalated this past year with the number of emergency housing grants increasing by half.
Housing crisis: Young Napier family's Kāinga Ora home leaking for years, while children get sick
A Napier mother-of-four says her complaints about living in a leaking and mouldy state home that has made her children sick have been mostly ignored
Land-based rates changes proposed to ease Wellington housing crisis
Changing the way Wellington charges rates could incentivise development and increase affordable housing
Invercargill couple say insulation panel homes may help housing shortage
An Invercargill couple suggest to Kiwis unable to buy in housing’s soaring price market to invest in a section and put an insulation panel home on it.
As summer gets under way, Titahi Bay swimmers hope sewage pipes can cope
Tītahi Bay residents are bracing for another summer of polluted water that keeps them out of the surf.
New Zealand gangs on the rise: Why young Kiwis are getting patched
Gang membership is on the rise. Stuff speaks to experts, leaders and gang members about why young people are joining gangs across New Zealand