Sixteen families will have a much-needed new, warm and dry home in Henderson after the opening of new state houses today, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said.

The building of state houses has ramped up nine fold in the past three years and Housing NZ is now building 2,700 new homes, with 900 homes in the regions, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said today.

Fifty more of Auckland’s most vulnerable long-term homeless people will have a warm, dry and safe place to stay after the opening of the refurbished James Liston Hostel in central Auckland today, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford says.

Budget 2019 delivers on many of the recommendations contained in the Inquiry into Mental Health and Addiction, He Ara Oranga. The Inquiry revealed that a new approach to mental health and addiction is needed in New Zealand which the Government is starting to deliver.

Legislation to set up the Government’s urban development authority – Kāinga Ora–Homes and Communities – has been introduced to Parliament today.

In the first quarter of this year 1357 families and individuals came off the state housing waiting list and into permanent homes, as housing need continues to rise, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford said.

Budget 2019 will turn around the lives of more than a 1,000 long-term homeless people by helping them into permanent homes – the largest government investment ever in addressing chronic homelessness, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.

Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford today officially opened 23 new state homes designed for Auckland families in the high-demand area of Birkdale.

KiwiBuild and Ngāi Tahu Property are working together to build a new community of more than 300 homes on the former site of Wakatipu High School in Queenstown, Minister of Housing and Urb

The Government will not be extending the former government’s Housing Accords and Special Housing Areas legislation because it has failed to make housing more affordable, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.

The new healthy homes standards to make rental properties warmer and drier were today announced by Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford.

Major residential developer Mike Greer has partnered with KiwiBuild to build more than 100 KiwiBuild homes in West Auckland and Christchurch – the first for Canterbury, Minister of Housing and Urban Development Phil Twyford has announced.

The latest public housing data for the West Coast-Tasman region shows that 48 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for the Wellington region shows that 174 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for the Waikato shows that 92 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter.

The latest public housing data for Taranaki shows that 43 households were provided a place to call home in the last quarter, Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford announced today.

The latest public housing data for the Southern region shows that 44 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter.

The latest public housing data for the Northland region shows that 37 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for the East Coast region shows that 121 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for the Central region shows that 56 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for Canterbury shows that 289 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest public housing data for the Bay of Plenty shows that 49 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.

The latest Public Housing data for Auckland shows that 818 households were provided with a place to call home in the last quarter, and more public housing is being brought on board to address increasing demand.