New Zealand has 100,000 empty homes, and 100,000 homeless people

[@JohnSmith-fw4vv]

Those houses have been sold, who ever owns them want to capitalize on them. majority of owners are from other countries is the reason why the houses are empty, they don't even have be in NZ to sell them. online and telephone auctions.

[@berniemckinley4988]

Which is a tragedy

[@taramei-leewagstaff9332]

Don’t forget the sacrifices made by those who clawed their way to property ownership. I’ve seen women not have kids & men work 3 jobs for all their 20s just to become middle class in NZ.

[@lianalambert406]

Agree for sure but so many stories in different ways the government can be using the re form method for no to low wage or income ppl also homelessness & addict's so it can make changes to the future of NZ economy. Due to our circumstances we are unable to use our transfered super from Australia with a substantial amount and small NZ $ deposit to get into our first buy home in NZ due to not enough in Kiwisaver & deposit also unable to use transfer AU super funds but the NZ Government procedures has made it hard & with paying rent in NZ & its very high for a decent home to comfortably live in as it would be considered dead rent when it could be paying a mortgage.

[@hepburn118]

@@lianalambert406 Yeah, trying to use anything Australia related here in New Zealand is hard. We were thinking about using our house in Australia as collateral to buy a commercial property to work out of here and It's not possible it seems. You can do it the other way easily enough though. We are just going to look after my wifes parents for a while and go back to Australia.

[@justythrasher]

Housing is a product created by the bankers. So is currency and the fractional reserve system. The system that said the banks had to hold 10% of your money they lent out to others at interest. Now it's 0%. It's also not based in any real value and is printed at will. But you have to borrow and pay interest. And then aaaaaall the taxes. And the hidden tax called inflation. Do the maths per dollar.

[@gregkareem9824]

There is no middle class anymore

[@coopsnz1]

​@@gregkareem9824you dumb with money why you aren't in middle class! Alot of idiots waste money on unnecessary liabilities shit

[@sharynhunt6961]

The divide between poor and rich just keeps getting wider😬

[@gregkareem9824]

It's done on purpose all by design

[@coopsnz1]

Socalism higher taxes causes it not capitalism. Home costs more to build why less built blame socialist leaders in government home ownership harder

[@Might45666]

Is disgusting how they get away with treating people like this.

[@leannecoffey8964]

We all live a giant pyramid scheme, 99% feed the money and labour in and 1% reap the rewards. Funny how pyramid schemes are illegal.

[@berniemckinley4988]

@@coopsnz1Australia have higher taxes, capital gains, stamp duty. They also build at half the cost in half the time. NZ is very inefficient. Socialism ? Red tape, expensive and low supplies, and a lack of skilled labour that pack up and go to Australia. We dont even have one major infrastructure company in this country because the governments keep stop starting projects, example Auckland rail. All these things add cost, politicians “politic-ing” ends up costing us billions while claiming to “save” money by stopping projects that we need for this country to be efficient and competitive. Ive just returned from working in multiple countries, from the poorest to the wealthiest. We are so behind, I cant see how we’ll catch up. Now we have to immigrate people from countries where the training/universities are dubious and dont have the same skill level because people from richer countries are not interested in living here. And our most talented ambitious youth are leaving in droves, to make another country wealthy because they cant do it here.

[@TheAldawg77]

Also alot of foreign buyers came in to NZ and inflated prices. Other countries (for example Thailand) don't allow foreigners to buy land (only a condo). Their housing market is still affordable for their own citizens.

[@berniemckinley4988]

All of them dont allow foreign buyers, all of them also charge capital gains and stamp duty. It’s only NZ who does this.

[@humblegorilla935]

homelessness everywhere in Auckland, Auckland is the most depressing city in New Zealand, I'm happy that I have settle down in Tauranga

[@shuxinli7500]

The price of Auckland rent is too much ,so I moved to Rotorua.

[@Will.Flavell]

I’m living in over in Melbourne working in tunnel construction earning good money there is no way I could move back home it’s just the wage isn’t enough and everything is getting expensive.

[@hepburn118]

@@Will.Flavell We have moved home, my wife and I, from Adelaide and when we're done looking after my better half's parents, we are moving right back again. Auckland is a shit hole, West Auckland is a fucken battleground, not the place I left 20 years ago.

[@Might45666]

Not just Auckland, so many houseless people all over nz

[@mariaross2099]

I think Tauranga is depressing,homeless people are everywhere all. over the world

[@rosexo5778]

You shouldnt need almost a million dollars to buy a home. That is not in most ppls reach. Houses that are valued at $400k should be and sell at $400k. Now its put another $400-500k ON TOP?! $900k for a $400k house. That is fkn greedy! That is one of our biggest problems and why no one except that 5-10% of ppl can. What about the 90% of us?? Full time work, skilled and it doesnt mean a damn thing!!

[@coopsnz1]

Government increases your taxes why you struggle

[@coopsnz1]

Home doesn't cost $400k to build now blame government greed

[@Might45666]

If people stop buying they would drop.

[@Might45666]

@@coopsnz1it’s the land and sadly more overseas people are buying up nz 😢

[@nzjustin8420]

So if we move people who are homeless to the Coromandel, then where are the job opportunities? Where are the support services? That region's population is only 1700 and you'd quadruple it in one go, with no support services and no opportunities for people to grow. Same problem in Auckland, most of their 17,000 empty homes are in Waiheke, the Great Barrier Island and Karekare. Reducing people who are homeless' issues down to "they just need a house, so therefore we find them house" is a reductionist and responsibility-absolving take.

[@purew.a.s.p6369]

nice bit off waffle withouting making a point

[@kbud3659]

Nah stay in auckland bro it's quiet here let's keep it that way

[@nzjustin8420]

@@purew.a.s.p6369 Point's pretty simple. Empty houses don't really impact on the ability to fix homelessness since they're not near health, social services, employment, or anything resembling stuff that would help homeless people.

[@jackmehoff1840]

I dont know what the answer is, but overseas investors (non residents) should only be able to buy new developments so the existing housing stock remains affordable

[@OMERTÀ287]

The Maori sold a lot of their land to the Chinese. Like many governments globally sold out their people and their lands.

[@BruceKiwiMorgan]

Time for a vacant house tax

[@ctakitimu]

See, I'd love to give a few bucks when I come across someone begging, and sometimes I have. But it bothers me that money will often be spent on substances or alcohol and not on food/survival etc. At the same time I know that they often use this to escape from their hell for a bit by going on a 'mental holiday'.

[@purew.a.s.p6369]

so go buy them a pie u nob

[@ctakitimu]

@@purew.a.s.p6369 Genius! I never thought of buying them food! ...idiot.

[@purew.a.s.p6369]

@@ctakitimu thts right mate thnk of all the lives u culd have saved

[@petermcgreevy6386]

@@purew.a.s.p6369 some tell you to get F..ked I want money not food so ruin it for others.

[@rosemarie2179]

@@purew.a.s.p6369 no need to be name calling, be kind

[@veeseee128]

How big boy sleep and not be seen? He's LARGE! 2:53

[@leogens1112]

is it true? New Zealand is a develop country compare with my country Malaysia.. still people homeless?

[@user-rn3bb3dj4p]

Malaysia is a religious country, no alcohol abuse, domestic violence, pre martial relations etc which all contribute to decay of society

[@1legend517]

Developed countries are unfortunately also some of the greediest countries

[@fool1124]

Malaysia housing is so cheap it's not even funny

[@coopsnz1]

​@@1legend517the government crooks taxation theft

[@chrismckellar9350]

The government has the power to acquire all brownfield and land bank land using Para 16.1 Part 2 of Public Works Act and to partner with property developers to build new 'rent only' and 'rent to own' housing using manufactured prefabricated construction. Unfortunately, NZ is still addicted to neoliberal economics and governance that favours businesses which they think they can solve the issues at a profit which in the casing of housing is not working.

[@NoOneToNoOne89]

Yes, let’s have the government take over housing, because they haven’t done anything in the past couple years that demonstrates a concern of government control... Just take a little penetration of the skin, and you can have a flat...

[@chrismckellar9350]

@@NoOneToNoOne89 - Will the private sector do any better considering that have done very little over the years. Also, you seem have forgot that successive government's has done much to relieve the problem of the last 40 years.

[@DavesShed]

I can't think of a clearer international example of a failure of government to build low cost housing than the current government. Now into it's second term. And I happen to know something about the subject on an international scale since 1974. The problem is not the existence of the private sector. Not at all. The problem in NZ is a very simple problem to solve but there it a lack of political will. For just one example, Auckland Isthmus. Auckland Isthmus has at least 5 eighteen hole golf courses. 2 are council owned. Waikumete Cemetery is 108 hectares. One third of the private property in the Auckland Isthmus can not be built up in order to protect the view these wealthy properties enjoy - called viewshafts. These are all ridiculously wasteful uses of space. It is ludicrous. They combine with other factors to make Auckland Isthmus property extremely expensive. Which has a flow on effect on prices for the rest of Auckland. Which has a flow on effect all the way down the chain. All this is totally unnecessary and very easily resolved at minimum cost to government. It could all be fixed with a stroke of the pen. That is just one example. New Zealand doesn't have a housing problem. It doesn't have a private sector problem. It has an intelligence problem. What is lacking is the political will. Mostly due to the people's ignorance of what these ridiculous polices end up costing the average person. It's much better for Labour politicians sitting in their Auckland Isthmus homes to tell their voters that it is the fault of the evil landlords. And their voters lap it all up. You think Adern in her Sandringham home (close to Helen Clark's similar Mt Eden home) is going to tell you there is something wrong with her north facing single dwelling on a 643m2 block. Noooo. No. The problem is the big bad private sector. Coz,...... feelings.

[@chrismckellar9350]

@@DavesShed - National and Act doesn't have any plans either other than their standard comments lets the market decide on car centric urban sprawl and more motorways. NZ is so addicted yo neolib economic and governance with its3 yearly, quick fix solutions had created complacency when it came to housing until a pesky virus appeared upsetting this neolib complacency.

[@DavesShed]

@@chrismckellar9350 "National and Act doesn't have any plans either" - I can believe that. However the answer is to lobby for a suite of policies that dramatically increase supply from the private sector. Simple really.

[@SeriousSchitt]

When I was young, I was told “society owes you nothing”. People of today (the have nots) are so entitled they think that landlords should simply bail them out and give them a house. We had to earn our house with blood, sweat and tears. People who contribute ‘LEAST’ to society expect the ‘MOST’!

[@jimross8150]

During the 1950s my uncle had a house brought for him as a wedding present, let that sink in and it only cost like 5000 dollars

[@ericamiss_e6481]

Iv still on the street with my tamariki it's been 2 years 😐

[@ctakitimu]

How hard is it actually? Are people kind for the most part in your city. I chatted with a homeless guy recently and he said he's actually quite happy and knows where to get everything he needs. He might have been lying of course

[@ericamiss_e6481]

@@ctakitimu he would have been lieing he's there for the drugs kao you get turned away from alot of places worn and income jobs motels!! They don't care literally give it 100 percent it doesn't work all your hard work for years just trying to live a normal life forget it!! Money hungry privlaged Govt and labour

[@rosexo5778]

Im so sorry

[@TrukManTiger]

Rich people with lovely homes have no idea how hard it is for people and they don't care.

[@waltergreen5894]

I was a long term resident at a South Auckland Motel and used to see ppl coming and going every week - I spoke to one guy who said the Motel was charging $1400 for a 3 day stay 😲 that was back in 2010 - I was paying $385 a week

[@davidmathew603]

I wonder if these empty houses are livible but can have defects such as a bit of mold or not quite warm enough and landlords are scared to rent out these homes for a fair price but scared to get a lazy tenant that lets a bit of mold spread not clean make the place even colder and damper over a period of 2 and a half years then goto tenacity tribunal claim that entire two and half years rent back from a fair tenant and add health costs because they were sick at the beginning of moving in but clain health costs onto that tenant and return him a dirty filthy mess of a house back to him and suck eggs on the rent to bro. Ive seen filthy tenants do this its like that tenant just felt entitled to screw that decent fair land lord left right n center, ive also seen stingy landlords to who deserve the house they rented to be condemned. What I cant really see is how this housing crisis happened over night and then in 2019 the covid19 hit us all. Its not all greed. Hindsight Trump and covid19 perhaps Trump was right and where would we be now if the world had have listened to him instead of lockdowns and inflations. I know we definitely would not have all died.

[@paulh6395]

David i totally agree.My best friend has 3 rentals rented out and the last one failed the healthy homes because he had a 6kw heatpump and needed a 6.2kw.The house is lovely and much better than my own house.End of the day all 3 houses are now empty.

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

Tbh landlords need to stop complaining they have the money to buy a home they need to keep it up to standard.

[@DavesShed]

Your typical landlord will not complain very loudly. They simply leave it empty. The government has made it uneconomical to rent the house out until it can be knocked down. So the landlord just leaves it empty. Which means the landlord is not getting income. Which means it will be even more years before they can afford to knock down and build new. Ask yourself; If it is so easy to buy and old home and keep it up to standard then why are people renting?

[@aperaruapeeta4309]

@@DavesShed because Dave not everyone in this country has the privilege of saving for a home especially those who live on the poverty line and when investors just buy homes willy billy then that creates more problems tell me should an individual really own more than two homes max?

[@DavesShed]

@@aperaruapeeta4309 Having been homeless and below the poverty line more than once in my life I think I'm qualified to answer this. Yes an individual should be allowed to own more than two homes. If not, then there would be few houses available for rent and those that were available would be owned by corporations. The problem is not mum and dad investing in housing. The problem is a lack of supply. Which is easily fixed by removing restrictions. For example, there are five 18 hole golf courses on Auckland Isthmus. There is a cemetery which takes up 108 hectares. One third of the private property is not allowed to build up because it will impact the nice view the wealthy people living in that Isthmus enjoy. These are all ridiculous uses of space close to the CBD - which drive land prices up through the roof in the whole of greater Auckland. How many 18 hole golf courses and 108 hectare cemeteries do you think there in central Tokyo, or London or New York or any city with half a brain? Of course many people can never save enough to buy a house when we have such ridiculous limits on supply. What other outcome would we expect? You are playing into these rich people's hands by re-directing the problem towards mum and dad investors. What you should be asking is in what way is it reasonable for anybody (especially the Prime Minister) to own a single dwelling on 643m2 of land in Sandringham? In what way is it reasonable to limit the height of residential housing in the Isthmus to protect rich people's views? If they want a view, they can move to Warkworth. We don't have a housing crisis. We have an urban planning failure, which could be fixed with the stroke of a pen. And that's just the Isthmus. I could go on and on about the policy failure to provide supply. No the problem is not investing in residential property. Actually we want investors to build more homes. Lots of them. That is the only thing that will drive down prices.

[@Might45666]

Are these houses still like this?

[@leannecoffey8964]

yes

[@khaihooilee9014]

I can't see cat or dogs sleep in Street in CBD all i see is people sleeping in Street.

[@robertedpalina4015]

I don't understand, 100,000 empty houses but at the numbers some people are homeless. What's going on here?

[@CryptoKiwi]

NZ allows people to buy homes and just use them as investments for holding wealth, causing a massive shortage for most of the younger generation

[@Benny_B0O0]

Planned depopulation by the rich

[@dubemccready7438]

Go and see Jacinda - ask her why this is such a mess. I am sure she will have a answer.

[@alistermacpherson7120]

Perhaps ask John Key who sold off all our State Houses,who invited all his wealthy Asian & -,Indian mates to pour in.& bring Mum & Dad who immediately on arrival received NZ Super

[@xiaowanz6132]

Overseas investors talk to eachother. NZ tenancy tribunal is well known for treating landlords unfairly when things go wrong. Why rent out a property when the legal system is immature to protect landlord investment?

[@yvanapantino273]

Bring back State Advances interest free home loans for low income people, so they can build their own homes.

[@rahza010]

Yes its true im from Ruatoria there is nothing for the people its not what you no its who you know aye Hilton collier 🤬

[@BeyondTheMind007]

Greed

[@nickedname7048]

They're not homes, they're actually properties which belong to property owners who sit in their homes while they make money by just sitting on it and creating housing scarcity.

[@purew.a.s.p6369]

team of 5 million keep it up nz 'aroha b kind'

[@egyptnz27]

THIS IS TRUE!! WTF GOING ON.I REGRET SUPPORTING LABOUR PARTY.THEY ARE OUT

[@malcolmyeates8212]

At 4.21there is the clip of one Sharon Cullwick, Executive officer of the New Zealand Property Investors Federation (and doesn't that title make you cringe?). Anyway Cullwick goes on to speak about a land-lord in Hamilton who rented out properties not up to Healthy Homes Standard. She was accidently, inadvertently describing a slum land lord! That's what we are up against.

[@Kaos-f8c]

Politicians are to blame world wide not you or I

[@Might45666]

Do a story on theses who aren’t covered by the act living in mold, disgusting homes

[@Shemontheotherside]

Thats so terrible

[@angryasianguy2558]

This is very depressing. I am so sorry to hear about the homeless people in NZ. People who owns holiday homes should just lend out to homeless people for free so they can live comfortably

[@petermcgreevy6386]

unfortunately they get damaged by unruly tenants which home owners are afraid of...

[@deancarter51]

Thanks to all the MANDATES!!

[@gricey1891]

why would i lend out my holiday home to a brokie

[@fakoidrizovic9286]

get a job

[@kylieoliver5846]

its sad if our landloard sells were homeless we have 2 small dogs so we got areally cheep buss just incase

[@christinatay832]

I just saw the post about Front Door. Tu meke!!! You both made it happen.

[@OMERTÀ287]

Poor management in high places to allow this atrocity of their people to sleep on streets. Boarded up empty homes that could be opened up to house these homeless families. So very sad a Nd wrong. NZ should never be like this.

[@steveevans9573]

I was married at 19 ànd had to work 2 jobs leaving me 4 hours sleep for a 24hr period, I can't believe people are homeless if they don't get off there are and make an effort

[@josephl9619]

This video really is the problem with nz. Way too much entitlement. The "where is my free house" mentality is dragging everyone else down.

[@cosmozh]

What’s wrong to have two Hauses? Or should I give one of them away?? Sounds like communism? Without me, bro. Communism is the biggest shit ewer…….

[@T3RR4212]

Little bit of a disingenuous headline. Some percentage of houses are vacant some of the time. It might take weeks or months to complete repairs after a Tennant moves out, or there's a death in the family and it could take years to settle a will and sell grandpa's old estate. Just because a house currently has no one in it doesn't mean we should just move a homeless family in for a week then kick them out when new renters want to move in.

[@Michael-lg4wz]

Extremely disingenuous. Change the tax incentives instead of 10year old child logic of empty homes = put homeless in privately owned empty homes by force. Ive slept in a van and a tent.

[@ShellshockDM187]

Let me guess it's Jacindas doing.

[@israelboakes6710]

OK but where did the "new renters" come from? Another house lol

[@purew.a.s.p6369]

yor spiting hairs save tht bs 4 the talk back

[@robintyson591]

Thank you. The documentary didn't address my burning question - why? Why would someone have an asset - on which they are having to pay rates every month - and don't use it - don't live in it, don't rent it out, don't sell it, etc. You have explained some of the reasons.

[@kbud3659]

Buy houses to house people that mistreat and disrespect the property and cost more money

[@piofilipo8492]

My advice to all homles get smart at financing because that's where all free deals are and repeat. I hope you all take action

[@sueelliott4793]

Some political party should bring this up at least pre-election time if not now, can someone tweet this to David Seymour as I don't have a Twitter account?

[@jabbarhudson6569]

Eventually the rich will have their day coming nothing lasts forever.

[@rositavandervlugt8746]

Food is expensive in nz so if you are fat and "poor" you best try to stop eating so much and invest that money in something more worthwhile. Most NZ's homeless are fat and are not disabled so could easily work for a living. BTW the government pays them also, and heaps of organizations that give away free food. For most of the homeless here they could easily get out of the homeless situation but kiwis are too lazy, so hard to change these people.

[@GrantYoung-u7v]

put winz and all bones together wat do u hv. potential builders a year away from their nz ticket. u hv planters to make veges cheaper u gt AI taking over that's 50k people jobless within in thenext decade. we will make it through we just need to work together 😊

[@mavinat0249]

Richer become richer poor become poorer only solution richer should stop greedy and share there wealth and govt should help the common people

[@shauncameron8390]

No. And poor people are every bit as greedy.

[@rosexo5778]

I dont think thts the solution at all. There should be affordable housing for low income, poor families that the rich legally cannot touch. Its for them. Let the rich hv their big expensive houses. Let the poor just hv a god damn home. How is the poor so profitable for the rich when they barely have pennys?

[@coopsnz1]

No the government become richer when profit increase for business = higher prices for consumers

[@13steps.37]

I feel the pakeha is now invading south Auckland and now pushing Moari and Islanders further south. If you look at Ponsonby, Mt Eden, Mt Albert Sandringham etc they were occupied by them and now there are more pakeha than any other ethnic group. Lately I have seen more and more pakeha moving into Mangere. Sad that.

[@charliebrown6514]

The pakeha are a plauge that won't stop

[@heather1716]

@@charliebrown6514 actuall we are a dying race, there are more other races here than us now , look into it mate

[@snoozyq9576]

​@@charliebrown6514 racist lol

[@LayaTetai]

Overbreeding in big cities.

[@glass1258]

How many free haircuts does this guy do ? Probably none

[@rayhura66]

these fellas go around leading so ca;lled helping the homeless , you dont have any homes for these people,so why the fk are you claimong the position, you just want to go on tv, really its no business of yours if people dont rent out there homes, you have no authority to take the homes off anyone,including govt, o if you were rich youll buy eveeryone a home , youre the man!

[@bubbagump3793]

it is true! come to Pt Chev and see all the empty ghost houses owned by Chinese!