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Tinder profiles reveal desperate reality of trying to buy a home as survey shows housing is the number one concern for Kiwis, ranked above Covid“It is a truth universally acknowledged,” Jane Austen wrote in 1813, “that a single man in possession of a g…
Read More‘Operation warm welcome’ for 20,000 Afghans could come unstuck for lack of suitable housing, campaigners warnThe government last night unveiled “operation warm welcome” for the thousands of arriving Afghans, but campaigners immediately expressed concer…
Read MoreGovernment urged to provide more funds so new arrivals can access accommodation and other supportCouncils across the UK have said they are happy to provide accommodation for people fleeing Afghanistan but say they do not have sufficient housing stock t…
Read MoreCrisis has been marked by escalating rents, high rates of homelessness and substandard conditions New Zealand’s housing crisis has become a “massive human rights failure”, the Human Rights Commission has said, as it launches a national inquiry into the…
Read MoreAs Pakistan’s supreme court backs bulldozing of homes blamed for floods, critics say government has no proper plans for residentsMaqsooda Bibi, 62, did not know the house she had lived in all her life would be demolished, forcing her whole family to be…
Read MoreActivists were shot and beaten at demonstration to stop property giant Bahria Town building on indigenous land they say was taken with forceMuhammad Anwar was not aware of any danger when he took the day off work to join his friends at a demonstration …
Read MoreMany readers say last week’s announcement will have little impact on their – or their children’s – ability to buy a houseLast week we asked Guardian readers about the government’s attempt to rein in New Zealand’s runaway house prices. We heard from inv…
Read MoreJacinda Ardern announces more support for first homebuyers and measures to dampen property speculation but admits its no ‘silver bullet’The New Zealand government has announced a series of billion-dollar measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing…
Read MoreWith prices soaring, many fear they will never be able to buy. Others will try anything as the crisis threatens to define a generationOn finding herself shut out of the property market, Nicole Thorburn looked for a side door.At 29, Thorburn had been li…
Read MoreOwner of a home that measures just 8m by 3m wins high profile three-year legal battle with government over rates and regulationsYachts and caravans have all served as home for Alan Dall but it is his tiny house in Canterbury that has finally claimed hi…
Read MoreThe housing crisis, which Labour government pledged to address, has spread to the provincesEvery urban housing market in New Zealand is regarded as “severely” unaffordable, a major report has found, despite efforts by the government to address skyrocke…
Read MoreList has more than doubled in size to 14,500 in two years since Jacinda Ardern promised to fix crisis The waiting list for state housing in New Zealand has hit a record high as the government struggles to cope with the booming number of homeless people…
Read MoreA 30% rise in people waiting for state housing in Northland region fuels country’s ‘desperate’ shortage in affordable homesNew Zealand government MPs have heard that the housing situation in Northland has become so desperate some families are living in…
Read MoreThe government dreamed of a metropolis that is a beacon to all but the pace of change has left some behind and others disillusionedTāmaki Makaurau, the Māori name for Auckland which can be translated as “the place desired by many”, is living up to its …
Read MoreMajor climbdown as Jacinda Ardern’s flagship KiwiBuild policy, designed to provide affordable housing, is dumpedThe New Zealand government has scrapped its target to build 100,000 homes in 10 years, saying it was “overly ambitious”.In a major climb-dow…
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