Community groups have given a boost to the Government’s new insulation programme Warmer Kiwi Homes, meaning in some parts of the country low income homeowners will be able to insulate their homes for free, Minister Megan Woods has announced.
Housing Minister Phil Twyford is believed to be working on a shared equity scheme for home buyers.
Entrepreneur Charles Ma is building a billion dollar hosing development in south Auckland.
A guide to designing accessible public buildings was released by Minister for Building and Construction Jenny Salesa and Minister for Disability Issues Carmel Sepuloni today.
KiwiBuild has today issued updated figures for the number of KiwiBuild homes under contract, construction, committed to be built, completed or sold.
A woman is warning others about the perils of building a pre-fabricated house after getting stuck living in a caravan with her family for more than two years after being knocked back for a bank loan.
The Housing Minister says he cannot guarantee that the government will meet its target of having 1000 KiwiBuild houses built by July.
KiwiBuild is a "massive political and bureaucratic distraction" compared to a range of the government's other policies that should help deal with New Zealand's chronic housing unaffordability, the New Zealand Initiative says.
The Labour-led government risks electoral defeat in 2020 unless it makes demonstrable progress on affordable housing this year, says the outspoken author of an annual survey of global housing affordability.
Tauranga is ranked the eighth most expensive housing market in the world when measured against income, heading off cities like London and San Francisco, according to a global study out today.
