Healthy Housing – He Kainga Oranga

Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman of He Kainga Oranga, the Housing and Health Research Programme, and Sustainability Trust chief executive Phil Squire talk to Radio New Zealand about landlords’ reluctance to install insulation in rental properties. Listen here

Professor of public health at Otago University, Philippa Howden-Chapman (director of He Kainga Oranga, the Housing and Health Research Programme)  said falling home affordability and rising rents in Northland would accelerate the movement of low-income families, mostly young Maori with children, from house to house.   Please Read for  more details.

‘Leaky buildings and Hidden Mould.’ Philippa Howden-Chapman talks about the health costs of leaky, damp buildings. Read here.

Dr Elinor Chisholm and Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman of He Kainga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme have written a blog looking at the relationship between health and Sustainable Development Goals. Their piece, “Health as a critical enabler and outcome of achieving the SDGs” is featured on the UN website. Read here

The Housing First Project (funded by MBIE) PhD student Clare Aspinall appeared on The Nation to discuss the housing shortage and substandard boarding house accommodation in Auckland. Follow the link to view Clare’s interview and the full feature.  Watch here 

Dr Elinor Chisholm talks to Radio New Zealand about the consequences of banning letting fees for renters. Read here.

MBIE funded Housing First programme–PhD Studentship Opportunity.

Homelessness among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenda, Intersex and Queer People: understanding the experience and developing holistic solutions.

This project is part of the MBIE funded Housing First programme, and comes with a $30K scholarship for 3 years. Experience of LGBTIQ issues is required

Please  Read  for more details.

OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: New Zealand 2017 on New Zealand’s environmental performance warns that the country’s growth is starting to show environmental limits, including increased greenhouse gas emissions, freshwater contamination and threats to biodiversity. Please Read here for NZ expert reaction

New evidence from the University of Otago, Wellington shows that government social investment in safer housing would be justified to prevent falls.

Please Read here

Dr Elinor Chisholm talks to Plains FM about rental housing regulation and how it fails to protect tenants, the history of tenant collective action for healthy rental housing, and the work of He Kainga Oranga. Listen here.