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Housing and urban regeneration in Aotearoa New Zealand. Public Health Communication Centre Aotearoa. 2023.

Article

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

Poverty-stricken households penalised with extra fees after their power is cut off

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The Panel with Sally Wenley and Guy Williams (Part 1) / Permanent housing for homeless people works

Interview

Permanent housing for homeless people works.

A greater proportion of public housing in communities supports tenant health

Media release
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.

State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more 2′29″

Interview

State housing evictions lead to homelessness and cost everyone more

Midday Report (24 Nov 2021)

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Transgender conference sparks fierce national backlash

Interview

University of Otago, Wellington research fellow Brodie Fraser  who has done research into the discrimination Takatāpui and LGBTIQ+ people face in th

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

Publication or Resource

Fraser B Chisholm E Pierse N
2021
“You’re so powerless”: Takatāpui/LGBTIQ+ people’s experiences before becoming homeless in Aotearoa New Zealand.
PLOS ONE
16(12) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0259799
Toy-Cronin, B.
Bierre, S.
(2022).
Sustaining Tenancies or Swift Evictions: Rent Arrears in the Tenancy Tribunal
Victoria University of Wellington Law Review
53(1), 105–128.
Abstract

There is a contradiction at the centre of tenancy practice and policy.

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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