Queenstown considers solutions to housing

The first SHA in Queenstown, Bridesdale Farm near Lake Hayes Estate, was marketed as a cheaper, affordable development. Radio New Zealand reports that no houses have been finished in any of the seven SHAs created over the past three years, though dozens are now under...

Four developers in bidding for Barrowcliff

Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly The New Zealand Housing Foundation, the country’s biggest community housing developer, had been about to start on the $140 million project in Wiri, when it complained the asking price for the council-owned land was too high....

Churches hold housing forum in Wellington ahead of general election

The community health worker spoke to hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St Paul and a selection of party representatives about a single mother who had been kept in emergency housing for four months. The mother was originally evicted from her rental home for unpaid...