Monte Cecilia – housing homeless families in Auckland

Sep 27, 2016 | Member profiles

Originally based in Hillsborough they are now at the centre of Counties Manukau where 110,000 people live in overcrowded housing situations and garages and cars are commonly used as housing options while Auckland rents soar. Increasingly, Monte Cecilia are finding...

New funding for emergency housing in Auckland

Sep 26, 2016 | News

James Liston Hostel will use the funds to increase capacity by five new beds to a total of 40 beds, allow for the provision of specialised rapid intake rooms, additional meeting and activity rooms and much needed renovations to the building itself. Alongside a new...

More emergency housing for Salvation Army

Sep 26, 2016 | News

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett announced last week that Budget 2016 funding, directly targeted at emergency housing, has so far resulted in 30 organisations providing 3032 new and existing emergency places. “I am delighted that the Salvation Army has certainty...

Housing situation now acute- Scott Figenshow in the news

Sep 12, 2016 | News

Data from the Ministry of Social Development obtained by the Labour Party shows in the three months to June, it took an average of 217 days to rehouse people living in their cars. That’s up from 108 days at the end of 2015. It took 157 days to rehouse people...
Update on Cross-party inquiry into homelessness

Update on Cross-party inquiry into homelessness

Sep 6, 2016 | Submissions

Submissions will initially be heard by the inquiry at four locations: Te Puea Marae in Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch between the end of August and early September. Read more about the process here. Read the two-parts of the CHA and He Kainga Oranga...