Healthy Homes
The Week in Detail: Productivity, political slogans, and Healthy Homes
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
The cracks in the Healthy Homes rules
There are five basic standards to be met before landlords can get their Healthy Homes tick. Why do so many seem to be slipping through the cracks? Audio
Auckland Council to add HomeFit check on LIM reports
Auckland residents will soon be able to access more information about the health and safety of their home, with Auckland Council moving to include a home-fit check on a property's LIM report. The… Audio
Family desperate to leave freezing HNZ home
As the deadline closes in for the government's Healthy Homes standards, families living in state homes say more than extra insulation is needed to keep their children warm and healthy. Nita… Video, Audio
Porirua project aims to create healthier homes
The Porirua East Housing Project brings together local community organisations, in a bid to get homes healthier, quickly, and to monitor them to make sure it's making kids healthier. It's believed to… Audio
More carrot, less sticks
Healthy home advocates say a bill requiring tougher standards for rental properties needs more incentives to get landlords on board. Audio
Housing WOF
The co-founder of the Community Energy Action Charitable Trust in Christchurch talks to the Panel about heating in homes and the idea of Warrants of Fitness. Audio