​ Report shows dire need for healthy homes

May 16, 2018 | News

The Massey University report found an increase of 45 per cent in the rates of Kiwi children hospitalised with asthma from 473 per 100,000 in 2002 to 688 per 100,000 in 2016. “One of the triggers for asthma is living in damp or mouldy houses. Until our Government...

Crowded housing highest among Pacific peoples

May 15, 2018 | News

Overall, around 1 in 10 New Zealanders lived in crowded houses in 2013, a rate largely unchanged since the early 2000s. You can read the full article here: https://www.stats.govt.nz/news/crowded-housing-highest-among-pacific-peoples

Keeping a roof over my kids’ heads is impossible

Apr 24, 2018 | News

It’s not only addicts, or people with huge amounts of debt who find themselves with nowhere to live. I’m a mum of two. I work, I pay my rent, I clean the house and I don’t smoke, don’t party and don’t own pets. Yes, I do have two...

Rental prices continue to rise

Apr 16, 2018 | Uncategorised

“There have been so many cost and regulatory increases over the last few years that it isn’t a surprise that rental prices are increasing as they are” said NZPIF Executive Officer Andrew King. “Unfortunately the situation looks likely to...