Member Profile: Dwell Housing Trust

Sep 23, 2014 | News

Dwell Housing Trust (Dwell) provides affordable, quality homes to people on low to moderate incomes.  They provide a range of housing services including supported housing for people experiencing mental illness, group living for single people, general needs affordable...

Children build “decent homes” to raise awareness

Sep 18, 2014 | Events

Launched in 2011, the purpose of the event is to educate children from a young age about what it means to have a decent home to live in. Participation in the Build Challenge is free, and children can enter the competition and participate in fun events in their local...

Fire highlights the need for action on youth homelessness

Sep 18, 2014 | News

General Manager of social development agency, Lifewise, says: “Youth homelessness is, sadly, a growing issue. It’s worse in the current economic climate with the numbers of families living in poverty, but it’s also an increasing problem in Auckland and Christchurch in...

Elderly out on the street? (published 27/8/14)

Sep 17, 2014 | News

Councillors will debate the proposal’s merits tomorrow but already senior citizen advocates are vowing to fight the move, saying any selloff could see Hamilton’s most vulnerable end up on the street. Read the full story on Stuff here.
State of the Sector Survey 2014 snapshot

State of the Sector Survey 2014 snapshot

Sep 16, 2014 | Reports & Articles

Introduction Over the past few months and in the lead up to the 2014 General Election, ComVoices has consistently received feedback from community organisations that they are finding it increasingly difficult to make ends meet. To help us gain more clarity around the...

GHD helps Habitat for Humanity build two new homes

Sep 11, 2014 | News

Young professionals from the Auckland branch of GHD recently joined forces with Habitat to help design and build two homes for Auckland families in housing need. Teams of volunteers from GHD contributed hundreds of hours of physical labour on the two houses over the...