An Otago University study has found a link between safe, stable housing and a reduction in youth offending rates.

“I was kicked out of a house when coming out as trans to my flatmates and asking they use my preferred name and pronouns.”

People who belong to the LGBTIQ+ community say flatting is fraught with difficulties that go well beyond learning new routines and sharing space with str

Renters who are takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ are putting up with uninhabitable housing conditions because they are too scared to speak out, a public health research

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Distinguished Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman is co-director of the He Kāinga Oranga/Housing and Health Research Programme at the University of Otago,

Warm, dry, safe housing is undersupplied by the market in Aotearoa/New Zealand, and councils have underinvested in high-quality infrastructure.