They include getting rid of minimum floor area and balcony requirements for apartments and rules to allow cities to expand outwards at the fringes.
CoreLogic's House Price Index fell 0.5 percent in June.
In Auckland, delists were more than 35 percent.
Public housing advocates claim the revamp of Kāinga Ora could lead to an increase in homelessness.
"It's a witch hunt and I'm sorry but this is the kind of populism that I am getting tired of."
"Nothing worse than waking up and seeing people outside passing the pipe around smoking crack."
Fewer home sales are happening, with total listings for sale up 16 percent on the same time last year.
William and Sharon Hillis, the landlords, gave various excuses for why the property wasn't up to standard.
Trade Me's latest Rental Price Index was released today.
