Case Study_Monte Cecilia_FINAL

The Tākiri Mai te Ata Homelessness Prevention Service started serving the Lower Hutt community in 2019 supporting whānau to sustain their tenancies in Private Rentals with their first contract with the Hutt City Council.
This service has now expanded to include homelessness prevention services from outreach to rough sleepers and homeless in the home through the housing continuum from emergency, transitional housing, social and community housing, private rentals and home ownership. Financial mentors providing budgets and financial education for whānau and a Mental Health and AOD service for whānau that includes Mental Health community support and education, AOD clinical counselling and a Health Psychologist for one-on-one counselling with whānau.
The CHA Constitution sets out two categories of members – Full and Partner – these are defined below:
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.
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.