Churches hold housing forum in Wellington ahead of general election

Aug 14, 2017 | News

The community health worker spoke to hundreds gathered at the Cathedral of St Paul and a selection of party representatives about a single mother who had been kept in emergency housing for four months. The mother was originally evicted from her rental home for unpaid...

​Shamubeel Eaqub is angry

Jul 27, 2017 | Documents

“We know the answer in a housing crisis is pretty simple – build more houses. But more specifically, we need to build more social and affordable housing. We’re pretty good at building large and expensive houses – we’ve got plenty of those, and that’s the problem.”...

​Ministry of Social Development building its new team

Jul 27, 2017 | News

Have a look at the open positions here. There are three components to the new structure. Hayley Hamilton, GM Strategic Management and Planning, is leading the forward-looking work across government’s social housing reform programme, including change management,...

Hui E! election focus

Jul 25, 2017 | News

You can – Use this document for some ideas to put on the agenda when you meet your local MP or candidates, Write to candidates in advance of a meeting and ask them to come prepared to comment on your ideas, Use this document as a checklist for what sort of...

Auckland Homelessness Policy project report released

Jul 24, 2017 | News

Auckland Council’s Homelessness Policy Project, released on Wednesday 19 July showed there were 20,296 people without a house in Auckland in 2013, according to census data. Of those, 16,350 were sharing and couch surfing with others temporarily, 3175 were in...