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About 90 percent of homes in New Zealand are in need of immediate maintenance, with the total cost of the work thought to be $27 billion, research has found.
Centre for Research, Evaluation and Social Assessment (CRESA) - with Building Research Levy backing - is running a project aimed at helping owners keep their homes well cared for in an affordable way.
CRESA's research director Kay Saville-Smith, told Nine to Noon, the 90 percent figure came from a variety of resources including the latest condition survey done by the centre along with other research it had done.
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