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Experts call for compulsory ventilation systems in NZ homes

Interview

Building experts are pushing for ventilation systems to be compulsory in all new homes to help curb Covid-19 and other airborne diseases

The science of a healthier home

Video

A BBC film presented by He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme: Unlocking the science—How can science connect the dots between discipli

National Portrait: Philippa Howden-Chapman – the woman whose home truths have made our houses healthier

Interview

Philippa Howden-Chapman’s​ home renovation project is long-lived. “We’ve been in this house for 40 years,” she explains.

Publication or Resource

Aspinall, C.
Slade, M. Zussman, D. Seversinsen, C.
(2018),
Marginal Housing: Boarding Houses and Camping Grounds in New Zealand: Get involved and act now!
Parity,
14 (3), 23-25.
Aspinall, C.
(2020).
Self-isolating for coronavirus is impossible for tens of thousands of New Zealanders – unless we help them fast.
The Conversation,
March 23, 2020 5.18pm NZDT.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Ruthe, C. Crichton, S.
(2011).
Habitable houses: lessons learned?
In The Leaky Building Crisis: Understanding the issues.
(pp 303-15). Wellington: Thomson Reuters.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Bierre, S.
et al.
(2016).
Submission on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.
He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme, Wellington.
Download document
Submission on the Residential Tenancies Amendment Bill.pdf
Howden-Chapman, P.
Chisholm, E.
Bierre, S.
et al.
(2016).
Submission on the Healthy Homes Amendment Bill (No. 2).
He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme, Wellington.
Download document
Healthy-Homes-Guarantee-Bill-submission-HHRP-20-6-2016.pdf
Keall, M.
Tupara, H.
Pierse, N.
Wilkie, M.
Baker, M.
Howden-Chapman, P.
Cunningham, C.
(2021).
Home modifications to prevent home fall injuries in houses with Māori occupants (MHIPI): a randomised controlled trial.
Lancet Public Health,
6(9), e631-e640.

Research Project

Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability

Dr Brodie Fraser Postdoctoral Fellow researches Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability.
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