Wellington’s rental situation getting worse

Wellington rent prices are now just shy of Auckland’s. Rental prices shot up 7 percent last year in Wellington to a median of $480 a week. At the same time, the number of properties available for rent plunged. Wellington’s prices are just shy of...

MBIE’s student renters campaign

The aim is to inform students of their rights and responsibilities. They want students to know to look for an insulation statement when they sign up for new tenancy agreements and to check their flats for working smoke alarms. The media resources include street...

Figures show Wellington is 3590 homes short of what it needs

Turning that around will be no easy task. A report that will be tabled at a council meeting this week predicts Wellington will need to build another 21,000 dwellings by 2043. The number of people in Wellington currently on the waiting list for social housing is 303....