Emergency housing providers are warning more homeless families will be sleeping in cars, parks and garages in Auckland this winter because of a desperate shortage of cheap accommodation.They say the crisis is worse this year because emergency motel units are already full, and at least one marae which helped people last winter won't be reopening its doors.
Government issued an Expression of Interest to community housing providers interested in taking over ownership of up to 2500 social houses in Christchurch. As part of this deal, the new provider will be required to provide at least 150 additional new social housing places.
The Minister for Social Housing, Amy Adams, met with the Auckland Emergency Housing Network (AEHN) on 31 March, at the end of a busy day of meeting, greeting, visiting and celebrating with pacific and community housing providers.
"It’s not about smashed avocados" - Shamubeel Eaqub, Wellington, 5 April 2017
New Zealand’s political leadership has failed for decades on housing policy, leading to the rise of a Victorian-style landed gentry, social cohesion coming under immense pressure and a cumulative undersupply of half a million houses over the last 30 years, economist Shamubeel Eaqub says.
Naenae urgently needs more housing. To highlight this situation St David’s church congregation has decided to spend the weekend on vacant Housing NZ land opposite the church.
Kathryn Ryan talks to Dr Sam Tsemberis who is the founder of Pathways to Housing in New York City and designer of the Housing First model.
From April, Accessible Properties will take over 1138 social houses and tenancies owned by Housing New Zealand.
In this newsletter you will learn who else is presenting at the CHA IMPACT conference 2017. You'll see a link to an article on a response to homelessness in Wellington. There's information on HNZ stock transfers in Tauranga and Christchurch and we have information on some important events over the next few weeks.
Most of us know that asbestos in a residential or commercial building poses significant risk to the health of anyone working on it. The Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA), which came into effect last April, has shifted some of the legal responsibilities for this risk and there is still much confusion as to liability and correct process.
Participants at this workshop had a rare opportunity to learn about Housing First from its founder, Dr Sam Tsemberis. Over 80 representatives from housing organisations across Auckland and as far afield as Tauranga and Bay of Plenty, were hosted by Housing First Auckland and Community Housing Aotearoa at the magnificent setting of St Matthews-in-the-City.
