Report on meeting with Hon Alfred Ngaro and ACHPN network
Following the workshop a paper was produced by the Network listing all the issues, barriers and possible solutions identified. This document is a refinement of that paper. At their May meeting the ACHPN considered the long-list of ideas brainstormed at the workshop...De Paul House see more working families in their emergency housing
In this article from North Shore Times De Paul house housing co-ordinator Lesley Farmer said the statistic pointed to a new “working poor” trend in Auckland city, even in the relatively affluent North Shore. “Our families are not on drugs, they are...Meet the people in community housing – Brook Turner from Vision West
“Vision West has a range of housing services that support people in the community in different ways. This includes 50 long-term social houses. They also run six emergency houses supporting up to 24 families a year. Our Housing First service aims to house 112 families...How Finland ended homelessness
Radio NZ talked to Juha Kaakinen of the Y Foundation in Finland about this. Listen to Juha Kaakinen on Nine to Noon A recent report by European Union housing organisation FEANTSA found every country in the EU is in the midst of a crisis of homelessness and housing...Nominees for CHA Council 2017-18
Here is the agenda for the day. CHA Workshop Agenda 24 October 2017.pdf Nominations: CHA full members can vote for any FOUR of the following candidates. You can read their full application by clicking the PDF below. Bernie Smith – Monte Cecilia Housing Trust As CEO of...$470 a week to live in a Ranui Caravan Park
But it has become a permanent home for many residents who have nowhere else to go, and it stands as a stark example of what happens when access to housing moves beyond the reach of society’s most vulnerable. Newshub visited the park to speak to residents living...Wellington council passes affordable housing plan
Wellington mayor Justin Lester Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King The council’s city strategy committee voted this morning to adopt the recommendations of the Mayor’s Taskforce on Housing. The committee said the policy would allow 40,000 new homes to be...