Housing Crisis stories
The Victorian government could speed up delivery by copying policies from Vancouver and Portland, a new report says.
Auckland faces a 50,000-home shortfall as Infrastructure New Zealand warns the urban growth plan must avoid political stand-off to work.
More than 600 delegates will hear ministers, mayors and industry leaders discuss funding, transport and planning at Auckland’s biggest infrastructure conference.
A student team's modular design could help ease Wellington's housing shortage by offering an affordable, multi-generational complex.
A new hybrid rent-to-buy model could give buyers price certainty and help unlock more homes as Australia’s rental market strains further.
Excluding asset recycling from the review could leave councils without a key option to fund roads, water and housing as costs rise.
Record transport spending will not ease congestion or housing shortages fast enough, according to Infrastructure New Zealand, which says funding still lags Australia.
Councils are reluctant to fund growth infrastructure because central government captures the tax gains, an infrastructure expert says.
Severe housing shortages in Queenstown are set to ease as 230 freehold apartments in Remarkables Park go on sale from NZD $495,000.
Housing prices are likely to stay firm for some time unless the government finds new ways to unlock supply and affordability.
New government backing is aimed at unlocking stalled private housing projects and speeding delivery of affordable KiwiBuild homes across New Zealand.
Rising demand for homes, jobs and green space is driving multi-billion-dollar city makeovers from Paris to New York and Cairo.
The faster method could help ease Auckland’s housing shortage, though Fletcher says the first panelised homes will not yet cost less.
Owners of leaky homes can now join the claim for longer, after judges extended the opt-in window to five months and awarded costs.
House buyers in Auckland could be paying about GBP £530,000 extra because land use rules are inflating prices, a government-backed report says.
The revised standard aims to speed approvals for volume builders while reducing compliance costs and lifting the quality of new homes.
A crown-backed fund could unlock housing developments by easing councils’ debt constraints and paying for roads, water and sewerage.
Councils in fast-growing areas could unlock thousands of new homes as the government puts up to $600 million into roads and water works.
The funding will bring forward 10,500 homes in north-west Auckland, but Mayor Phil Goff says the city still needs billions more to cope with growth.
Faster infrastructure spending could bring 60,000 homes forward by up to eight years in New Zealand’s fastest-growing cities.
