Housing Crisis

 Bernard Hickey coined a column he wrote last week the ugliest and most despairing he has ever written.  Audio

Auckland's Te Puea Marae was thrown into the spotlight five years ago, as it opened its doors to help dozens of homeless whānau.

It's still helping vulnerable families, as a transitional housing… Audio

A  squadron of investors and economists blitzed the airwaves following the government's big housing announcement, often drowning out other voices. Audio

It's being argued that the current housing crisis should be dealt with in the same way the COVID-19 crisis was, hard and fast. Newsroom senior political editor, Marc Daalder, explains to Jesse that… Audio

The Finance Minister is promising "bold" action to tackle the housing crisis, as the Reserve Bank brings back tighter lending requirements.

Housing is still at the top of the government's list of… Audio

John Tookey is professor of construction management at Auckland University of Technology has written an opinion piece for Stuff about the housing crisis and has some ideas about how we should be… Audio

As the housing crisis continues to spiral out of control, Hayden Donnell calls for a moratorium on stories about young first home buyers. Audio

In this week's Midweek Mediawatch, Hayden Donnell talks to Karyn Hay about the need for a ban on a certain type of housing story, a terrible prank played on TV1's Breakfast, and a Steinlager ad… Audio

The Reserve Bank has been caught up in a political storm over the housing crisis. Is it really the Bank's fault that the levers it pulls have seen prices spiral out of control?   Audio

A growing population, cities straining at the edges, and everyone wants a back yard for the kids. Or do they? We may have reached the stage where a change of mindset is helping to house people.  Audio

Multiple siblings sharing a single school uniform. School kids living with their families in cars. They are stories that sound as though they are from another place but sadly these are first-hand… Audio

Almost six months on the market, the first of 940 upmarket townhouses priced between $1million and $1.6m are struggling to sell, putting a dent in an ambitious goal to have 20,000 people living in the… Video, Audio

Wanaka's housing market is booming and affordable housing is in high demand, but why are five out of ten KiwiBuild homes sitting empty? The original ten were offered in a ballot, but only five have… Audio

Auckland's first region wide homeless count shows an estimated 800 people in the city are either sleeping rough or in cars, and thousands of others are living in temporary accommodation. Housing First… Video, Audio

An Auckland family has been paying hundreds of dollars a week to live in a house with a swamp underneath it. Housing Minister Phil Twyford tells John Campbell it's a textbook case of why the rules… Video, Audio

The retirement commissioner is warning of a looming housing crisis for over 65s as home ownership rates decline and the number of pensioners is set to almost double over the next 20 years. Audio

A real estate company says the housing crisis is likely to deepen as developers resist building because it's harder to turn a profit. Colliers International says lower house prices and steeper… Audio