The Government is investigating into how to better manage empty homes across the country.

Stats NZ says up to 100,000 houses might be uninhabited.

Housing Minister Megan Woods has tasked her ministry with finding out exactly how many empty houses there are in the country, but has not said what their plans for those houses would be.

The Property Investors Federation's Andrew King told Heather du Plessis-Allan the Government can't necessarily do anything about it.

"If it is a lot of houses where people have brought them but won't rent them out, then I guess they can do something about that and tax them, but if its private individuals choosing what they do with their home, I don't think there's much the Government can do."

He says that there could be very legitimate reasons why some of these houses are empty, such as holiday homes or people who are away.

King says that it could be good to establish just how many "ghost houses" there are in the country. 

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