Ten of 25 vacant Housing New Zealand properties in the Dunedin area are being assessed to see if they should be considered surplus and sold. Housing New Zealand confirmed some houses had been sold in the Dunedin area in recent years because they were not considered the right type to meet demand, but the number of these was also not available. One of the 25 houses vacant at the end of June needed to undergo methamphetamine decontamination. Where there was demand, houses were not sold. The property had already been matched to an applicant on the Ministry of Social Development's Social Housing Register.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 16, 2017 17:03 UTC