More houses but harder to find somewhere to live
Feb 14th, 2018 | By Blair Mockett | Category: Radio News
Despite the fact that more houses are being built, people are still finding it hard to find somewhere to live.
The Salvation Army State of the Nation report released this morning shows the number of building consents has increased by around 15,000 over the last 6 years.
In the last four years New Zealand’s population has increased by 351,600.
Four years ago you would have paid around $334 a week for a two bedroom house, now it costs around $421.
Wellingtonian Scott Staples spent over two months looking for somewhere to live.
He says he was looking at three to four places every day.
He says he spent a lot of time each day scrolling through Facebook and trade me just looking for places.
