Neighbours are questioning why a block of state houses in an otherwise lively suburb has been sitting vacant for so long. This story was originally published on RNZ Karl Frost sighs as he walks towards a shuttered grey housing block on a desolate Wellington cul-de-sac. “It’s just … it’s depressing, it really is – it’s so depressing when you see the state of things and you knew it was so close, so close.” He’s staring at three boarded-up blocks of Kainga Ora homes on the entirely empty Ngatiapa Street.