Atareira Easy Access Housing
Background The relationship between housing and recovery from mental illness has been recognised in New Zealand in a number of reports and discussion papers[i]. The Mental Health Commission (1999)[ii] describes this relationship as follows: “The provision of adequate,...
MSD Housing Quarterly Report: September 2017
Read the report here: Housing-Quarterly-Report-Sep2017.pdf Key facts – September overview ·For the September quarter MSD has spent $563 million on housing support. This year MSD will spend around $2.3 billion on providing New Zealanders with housing support...Social housing shortage in Tauranga
Tauranga Moana NightshelterPhoto:RNZ / Jo O’Brien Radio New Zealand reported today that about 10 of the 20 men in the shelter have been waiting for homes for more than a year. The man, who did not want to be identified, said before he ended up in the shelter he...Hokitika – lack of accommodation leading to ‘sleeping rough’
Reported by Janna Sherman of the Hokitika Guardian “One single person has nowhere to live. He has been living on the streets and sleeping rough and staying at other people’s places until they are no longer able to have him,” Ms Timmerman wrote to the...Hawkes Bay families struggle moving on from transitional housing
In the Herald today they reported that the Ministry of Social Development, which bought the motel to provide “transitional housing” amid a widespread homeless problem throughout the country, says there are 97 transitional housing places in Napier, and...
Effects of minor household interventions on social housing quality
The research was commissioned by the Wellington City Council in response to concerns about draughts in the newly constructed Marshall Court apartments in Miramar. Photo: Wellington City Council This study was conducted by Lara Rangiwhetu, Nevil Pierse & Philippa...
Newsletter 2 November 2017
2 November 2017.pdfOne community housing group’s response to Kiwibuild
Housing Minister Phil Twyford told Newshub on Saturday the Government doesn’t want to set up a “heavy bureaucracy”. “We know the desire for home ownership really cuts across all kind of social groups and income levels. Our goal is to make these...