More than 1,000 homeless to be housed through Budget 2019

May 26, 2019 | News

Jacinda Ardern said Budget 2019 is breaking the cycle for long-term homeless people by giving them a permanent, warm and safe home, and support services to help address the causes of homelessness. “Housing is a basic human right and allows people to live with dignity....

Winter Energy Payment

May 13, 2019 | News

The Winter Energy Payment is back and now available for 22 weeks from 1 May to 1 October to seniors and families needing help to pay for heating ast the months draw colder. It’s a small intervention that will reach an estimated million low income householders...

​ Government Challenged to Get Low-Income Kiwis into Homes

May 6, 2019 | News

KiwiBuy is a campaign to convince the Government to adopt and fund the range of shared equity and rent to buy programmes run by community housing providers. KiwiBuy campaign director Campbell Roberts said “Three families each week move into new homes, built for them...

Submission on homelessness in Hawke’s Bay

May 6, 2019 | News

We are particularly concerned about reports of families / whānau being moved around motels in the area to accommodate tourists, leaving children / tamariki and young people / rangitahi detached from communities, schools and health care. As social workers know well,...