A surprise exemption from interest deductibility rules for landlords with properties used for social housing has angered some investors who claim it will tip the scales against working families. This week...
When Leilani Farha touches down in a new city, the first thing the UN special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing does is look up. In Melbourne, Toronto, London and Dublin, the skies above are...
Every urban housing market in New Zealand is regarded as “severely” unaffordable, a major report has found, despite efforts by the government to address skyrocketing property prices. The Demographia...
A 30% rise in people waiting for state housing in Northland region fuels country’s ‘desperate’ shortage in affordable homes. New Zealand government MPs have heard that the housing situation in...
There are the hardened criminals. The patched gang members. The older men who watched their father beat their mother before turning on them. The young boys whose mothers drink and tell them they are unwanted....
They change countries to take up new jobs. But when these fall through or they can no longer work, thousands are finding there’s no safety net to catch them. It was more than a decade after Hana* moved to...