Housing is a human right

Aotearoa must take the opportunity to make inroads into ending homelessness and enshrine the right to a decent home in a post COVID-19 world. These were key messages to come from the annual Housing First Auckland Collective hui which kicked off on 25 November 2020...

Becoming Chief Executive of Housing First Auckland provider Lifewise during Level 4 lockdown in a global pandemic was a return to ‘normal’ for Jo Denvir. After working in senior management roles across the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors in New Zealand and...

Lifewise outgoing chief executive Moira Lawler reflects on the last six years as a founding leader and champion for Housing First. Every time we talk about chronic homelessness, people say what about families with children? When we talk about support in New Zealand,...

Adelaide Zero Co-Chair Louise Miller-Frost, who also runs a women’s crisis accommodation service Catherine House, advocates for systems change that ensures prevention and early intervention in the quest to end homelessness in Australia. “People exiting prison,...

Trauma is the biggest obstacle for Housing First whānau accessing the health care they need, according to Dr Richard Davies from the Calder Centre.