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Finding yourself unable to adequately heat your home can not only lead to poor physical health but can also increase the risk of severe mental health distress, according to new overseas research. University of Otago Public Health senior researcher, Dr ...

Porirua City Council and local community housing provider Te huru Mōwai have come to an agreement over the future of the Moana Court housing complex. The 26 social housing units in Titahi Bay will transfer to Te huru Mōwai, the community housing ...

With winter on the way, residents can check their home is warm and dry using a Healthy Home Kit. These are now available to borrow free of charge from all Kāpiti Coast District Council libraries. Council sustainability and resilience manager Nienke ...

'The next Government will have to fix the housing mess that ACT predicted, and has solutions to,” says ACT Deputy Leader and Housing spokesperson Brooke van Velden. “Speaking to Q+A this morning, National’s Housing spokesperson Chris ...

“The pressures on rental stock have only grown this year, not helped by the Auckland floods and Cyclone Gabrielle. What’s more, tomorrow won’t help tenants, with landlords being further hit by a loss of tax deductibility on their mortgage interest ...

Te Pāti Māori will radically increase the social housing stock and ensure 50 percent of all new social housing is allocated to Māori, who make up 50 percent of the social housing waitlist. As part of this package, $600 million will go toward building 2,000 ...

Quality housing, sustainable incomes, and better access to healthcare and education would make a world of difference to Pacific children’s lives, according to researchers. The recommendations are made in the Tamaiti Ole Moana report, containing a 10-year ...

New data also show overall deaths among those without homes climbed markedly during pandemic

The association Little Homes e. V. builds tiny mobile houses and gives them to homeless people. To date, it has built nearly 248 of these shelters. In the meantime, 148 former residents have found a real home again. For them, the gift was a turning point. ...

That has dropped from 60% in December 2009.