It's the worst economic shock in over a century. So why is our housing market hotter than ever?

Would you move make the move to the South Island to save $500,000?

According to Property Investors Federation spokesman Andrew King, some tenants don't actually want new heat pumps.

It's a way of living that is often mistaken for either a 'hippy commune' or a boarding house, but cohousing is slowly becoming a viable solution to New Zealand's growing housing needs. It's also a way of fighting the isolation and loneliness that is harming our collective wellbeing.

Hayden Donnell looks for inspiration and innovation on how to house the city’s future.

What can the suburb teach the rest of Auckland about housing?

Architectural designer and housing advocate Jade Kake looks at the current housing climate and what needs to change before Māori can have agency over their housing aspirations.

Mere and Ngaro Pita bought a home after moving to West Auckland as part of the great urban migration of the 70s. A bad lease nearly destroyed it, and they've struggled to maintain it ever since.

One thing that has set the fight for Ihumātao apart is the confidence with which multi-media digital communication has been deployed to spread the message far and wide.

On the latest episode of The Good Citizen podcast, Jacqueline Paul talks to Jeremy Hansen about the housing crisis, inequality and why racist stereotyping has got to stop.

Our housing crisis is intimately linked to our prison overcrowding crisis.

Many people were disappointed about the government's abandonment of the capital gains tax plan. But is there an alternative that could still open up the property market to those currently priced out?

In what seems like an unlikely source of inspiration, a group of Howick singers have created a folk protest song about Auckland local body planning rules.

Everything from competition around supply to how many lights you have in a room can determine the cost of building a house, says Box co-founder Dan Heyworth. 

New building consents in Auckland are almost keeping up with the region's population growth, reports Greg Ninness of interest.co.nz.