Picking up the Tax Hose to Help Cool the Housing Market
The problem is clear. Monetary policy has inflated the property market with cheap money. The result has been a mushrooming wealth divide.
What Is to Become of Our Housing Post Covid-19?
We need to be wary of the law of unintended consequences as we contemplate what our post-Covid-19 future might look like.
Parents Aren’t Asking for the Earth, Just a Safe, Affordable Home for Their Kids
The latest announcement from Housing Minister Phil Twyford on the new Healthy Homes standards is really great news. The new standards will mean ...
Time to Fast-Forward to a Future Where Tenants Have Control of Their Housing Situations
Landlords can evict a person for lots of reasons, or for no reason. Maybe this made sense in 1986; the policy context was different. Renting was seen ...
Dilapidated Rental Homes Are a Health Hazard for Children
A good tenancy contract shouldn’t be felt or considered a privilege, it should be a right. As renters, and as parents, we should be assured of ...
Sick Children Will Be Helped by Healthy Homes Bill
With winter now well set in, emergency departments around New Zealand are being inundated by our most vulnerable population- our children.
Befuddling Figures Will Not House Families in Need
It’s time our Government stopped confusing the nation with its baffling numbers and vague talk of housing projects, and showed New Zealanders a real ...
Making Sense of the Government’s Housing Numbers
Social Housing Minister Amy Adams’ claims of 72,000 social housing units by 2021 deserves special scrutiny because this number doesn’t exist in the ...
Will the Real Home Truths Please Stand Up?
The New Zealand Herald’s recent “Home Truths” series brought some significant insights into New Zealand’s unaffordable housing crisis. The enormous ...
The Slow Demise of the Accommodation Supplement
As any long-term tenant will know, rents have moved on considerably since 2005. There are various measures for rent inflation and if some are to be ...
The Links Between Mould, Cold and Children’s Learning
Unhealthy and insecure accommodation has adverse effects on children’s health and wellbeing, which in turn affects their learning and development.
Child Poverty - A Medical Student’s Perspective
Even if as a doctor you are doing your best while the boy is in hospital, the improvement you can make is limited by the home environment.
Can You Pick Which One of These Young People Might Be Homeless?
April 15th is Youth Homelessness Matters Day, and Lifewise and Youthline are joining forces to raise awareness about youth homelessness in New ...
A delta health crisis thrives when it meets a crisis in housing and poverty