New research on homeless from Citizens Advice Bureau
Their in-depth analysis of over 2000 client enquiries about emergency accommodation shows vulnerable families, pregnant women and children living in cars and garages, even after seeking assistance from the Ministry of Social Development and Housing New Zealand. Many...Transfer of social housing in Tauranga and Invercargill
Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are sort from organisations or consortia that can demonstrate the following: • effective approaches for interacting with and supporting social housing tenants • capability to enhance links across community-based social services to...
New book out on New Zealand’s housing crisis
Over the past twenty-five years, the quality and affordability of New Zealand housing has declined drastically, says Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman. Short-sighted and discriminatory housing policies have resulted in a society in which the poor and needy are...New Zealand Housing Foundation has a busy year
With 385 homes built to date, another 391 homes will be built over the next few years. But it’s not just a numbers game. The outcomes for the families the Housing Foundation work with are what keeps them reinvesting in more community housing, whether it be through...
Invisible in the supercity
“The social housing needed by these people is not currently available in sufficient quantity and present Government actions are not delivering sufficient affordable homes,” says the Salvation Army. For families without housing, it is common for them to be...100th home completed at Waimahia
In Manurewa in south Auckland, Waimahia’s key focus is to provide high quality housing within an affordable price range. The development will ultimately yield around 280 new dwellings and sites and is scheduled for completion by 2017. It features a mix of housing...The people’s project houses the homeless
The People’s Project has housed 127 people in just over a year and aims to end homelessness in the city by the end of 2016. The project began last September and have housed 127 people including a key group of 40 to 50 who were living on the street with nowhere...