New data shows members of the rainbow community are more than two times more likely to experience daily feelings of anxiety and depression than people no
LGBTIQ+ people are disproportionately impacted by homelessness. To address this, we need to understand their upstream experiences of housing instability. This Briefing reports the findings and implications of a study focused on LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences of housing instability.
Housing needs to be viewed as a human right. At a minimum, we need political changes such as greater enforcement of the Healthy Homes Standards and improvements to the Tenancy Tribunal process.
Recently-published research has found public housing tenants living in areas with a higher proportion of public housing actually had better health outcomes than those living in areas with lower densities of public housing tenants.
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Pehi, T.
Fraser, B.
Ombler, J.
Buchanan, M.
O’Sullivan, K.
Jiang, T.
Atatoa‐Carr, P.
Pierse, N.
2025
What About the Kids? Identifying Children in the Housing Support System in Aotearoa, New Zealand
Children & Society, 39(2), 532–543.
O’Sullivan, K. C.
Buchanan, M.
Leigh, L.
Dohig, R. K.
Pehi, T.
Jenkins, M.
Pierse, N.
Ryan, L.
Fraser, B.
2025
Working With Community Research Partners to Undertake Sensitive Public Health Interviews: A Qualitative Protocol to Enhance Rigour and Safety
International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 24.
Fraser B
Chisholm E
Pierse N
2021
“You’re so powerless”: Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences before becoming homeless in Aotearoa New Zealand.