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A guide for the design and implementation of smokefree policies in social housing

Community and Public Health has developed a toolkit to assist social housing providers to implement smokefree policies in social housing settings. Increasingly, improving population health has become a shared goal across many sectors, including social housing, and a smokefree social housing policy can result in win-wins for tenants, housing providers, and the wider community.

Newsletter 16 February 2017

In this latest edition of our newsletter we find out about the work of Te Rūnanganui o Ngāti Porou who are encouraging home ownership for iwi in the Gisborne region. We've also got more on the CHA - IMPACT conference 2017; a look at youth homelessness; more on the methamphetamine contamination draft guidelines and HNZ housing stock transfer in Christchurch.

A focus on youth homelessness

​On our doorstep, is a documentary made by students from AUT's master of human rights class that draws attention to the situation of youth homelessness.

New Zealand short 60,000 homes

New Zealand is up to 60,000 houses short, with Auckland needing as many as 35,000 homes, estimates in a Treasury document suggest.The figures are part of housing supply and demand forecast produced in September of 2016 and released in January as part of an Official Information Act request.

CHA Newsletter 2 February, 2017

In this first edition of the CHA newsletter for 2017 you will find the latest report on the community housing data supply survey, information on the methamphetamine contamination draft guidelines , Sustaining Tenancies funding announcements and recent research on housing affordability in New Zealand.

Kapiti Coast affordable housing shortage

Soaring house prices on the Kapiti Coast north of Wellington are pushing out poorer families and causing big shortages of housing for elderly people, the district's mayor says.

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​300 new homes for Manukau

The new neighbourhood – Kōtuitui Place – will offer a range of dwellings, from one-bedroom apartments to four-bedroom houses. At least 50 per cent will be sold under an affordable housing scheme and there will be a range of purchase models including rent-to-buy and...

Accessible Properties Welcomes Budget Recognition

The budget announcement included an additional $234 million in operating funding for public housing. “Accessible Properties welcomes the opportunity to partner with Government to achieve their stated aim of 1,600 more public housing places every year,” says Greg...

Budget delivers big first step in addressing our housing crisis

CEO Scott Figenshow says the representative body for community housing providers is pleased to see the increase in social housing places to 1600 per year for the next four years, up from 1000 per year signalled earlier. “While it’s a level of investment we haven’t...

Building houses to tackle the crisis

“Too many New Zealanders are hurting because of the housing crisis. Many are locked out of the Kiwi dream of home ownership. Others are homeless or suffering the health effects of poor-quality housing,” says Phil Twyford. “The single most important thing the...

Healthier homes for more Kiwi families

“Too many of our homes are cold and damp, leading to preventable diseases such as rheumatic fever and asthma. That’s a burden on Kiwi families, as well as on our health system and the economy. We can and must do better,” says Megan Woods. “Lower-income families, young...

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