Disability Connect

https://disabilityconnect.org.nz/

Finding a home for a disabled person and their families is often daunting and challenging.

Disability Connect’s Disability Housing Navigation Service, unique to New Zealand, is operating primarily in Auckland. Led and staffed by disabled people and their parents, the free service provides an advisor to support disabled people and their families to research, broker and look for a suitable place to live, increasing their capability and capacity to navigate their current and future housing needs.

Through this mahi our Community Housing Collective is advocating for the needs of disabled people and their families including central and local government agencies and housing stakeholders.

We are happy to collaborate with anyone to support the voice of the disabled and their families for better housing.

Please email [email protected] with the word ‘housing’ in the subject line.

Become a member

Membership Benefits

  • Voice of the sector: contribute to whole-of-sector policy positions
  • Conferences and training at a reduced member rate
  • Fortnightly e-bulletins sent directly to your inbox
  • Access to a members-only section on the CHA website
  • Participation in member surveys and forums
  • Access to the CHA quality assurance programme and training
  • Advance notices about new developments and initiatives.

The CHA Constitution sets out two categories of members – Full and Partner  these are defined below:

Full Membership

These are Iwi, Maori and Pacific Island and Community or voluntary housing organisations and groups which are either:

a) Providers of Community housing, or

b) Groups intending or seeking to become providers of Community- housing, or

c) Groups of residents/tenants of community housing, or

d) Groups which advocate for Community housing or residents of Community housing as part of their work.

The annual fee for Full Members is based on your organisation’s gross income:

1. Up to $1m, the fee is $500 +GST

2. From $1m to $5m the fee is $1,000 +GST

3. $5m and over the fee is $1,500 +GST per annum.

Partner Membership

These are individuals, local authorities, private development companies, and other private and public entities which invest, operate, own or develop affordable, Community and/or Social housing.

If you have a question about which category of membership you should apply for, please contact us to discuss.

The annual fee for Partner Member is fixed at $250 + GST per annum.

The membership year is from 1 Jan – 30 Dec.