An unrecognised household type, the multi-generational household (MGH), where more than one generation of related adults live together, has been rising sharply in New Zealand.
Last week the Reserve Bank published a Bulletin article, ‘New Zealand house prices: a historical perspective’ that provides historical context to the current divergence between house price inflation in Auckland and the rest of New Zealand.
Submissions close today on the RTA Ammendment Bill and CHA have worked closely with NZCCSS to prepare a submission on the Bill.
The University of Otago is working with Wellington and Dunedin city councils on a rental warrant of fitness (WoF) to be introduced next year.
"There will be more one-person households and family households will be smaller in most areas," population statistics senior manager Vina Cullum said.
New Zealand is facing a growing population of homeless older people warns The Salvation Army in a new report.
Can this really be New Zealand? The CAB is asking this question after carrying out an analysis of the situations of people coming to them in need of emergency accommodation.
Home Truths: Confronting New Zealand's Housing Crisis was written by University of Otago's Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman.
In a survey of 1,202 people seeking assistance from Salvation Army and Catholic community services, 47 per cent (568) of homeless people were children, some of whom were living in cars, garages, camping grounds and emergency housing. This is the startling picture captured in the latest report of The Salvation Army on housing need in Auckland.
Renters were almost twice as likely to report a damp house problem as home owners in 2014 a Statistics New Zealand report shows.