Abbeyfield New Zealand – supported living for older people

Abbeyfield's uniqueness stems from their focus on housing for older people. While residents over 65 years are eligible, the majority of their residents are in their 70s and 80s. Abbeyfield is a home and an answer to the needs of companionship, affordability and practical support to enable older tenants to live independently, with dignity.

Established in New Zealand in 1991 they are part of the international Abbeyfield movement. There are 13 houses around the country, one under construction, and more in the planning stages.

All residents are tenants of Abbeyfield homes and each residence is classified as a boarding house. Home to mainly single residents, Abbeyfield homes are conveniently located large houses with 10 to 14 studios. An Abbeyfield House aims to be ‘a typical house in a typical street’ offering companionship, independence and support in rental accommodation at a price affordable to the majority of older people.

Read our full profile here: Abbeyfield profile 2018.pdf

Accessible properties is New Zealand’s largest non-Government social housing provider managing more than 1400 homes throughout the country – and makes these available for affordable rental for those on low incomes. As a registered community housing provider, it is able to provide tenants with financial support from Government Income-Related Rent subsidies. It has particular expertise in the provision of whole-of-life homes that are suitable for older people and those with mobility restrictions or disabilities.

Aegis Projects are property and development consultants who have worked with a number of community housing providers.

The Auckland City Mission Housing Ltd (ACMHL) is a not for profit limited liability company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Auckland City Mission (ACM). ACM is a Charitable Trust first established in 1920 (Registration Number CC22938) having its primary business to help people in desperate need by providing excellent integrated services and effective advocacy.

ACMHL was established in 2017 to provide the tenancy and property management services for the 80 social housing apartments that will form part of a major redevelopment of the ACM’s current property in Hobson Street, Central Auckland. ACMHL was granted charitable status on the 23 February 2018 (Registration number CC55205).

The primary activity of the Auckland Community Housing Providers Network (ACHPN) is to provide affordable housing solutions for low income households and people requiring support. The products and services provided cover the full spectrum of housing need across the housing continuum from emergency housing and facilitating essential support and services through to first time home buyers’ shared equity options.

We build communities by championing community focused housing options that are close to community facilities and transport; provide long term stability and personalized support as needed and mixed tenure communities to achieve social cohesion.

The Auckland Community Housing Providers’ Network is a group of not-for-profit community housing organisations based in the Auckland region that are actively involved in developing and providing affordable housing. Read more here:ACHPN-Profile-FINAL-Sep2014.pdf

Auckland Community Housing Trust primarily assists low income families and people with mental health needs into housing that is affordable and meets their requirements.

Auckland Community Housing Trust provides sustainable rental choices, as well as flexible and responsive maintenance solutions for their tenants.

The Auckland Council is the local government council for the Auckland region. Its governing body consists of a mayor and 20 councillors.Auckland Council is addressing housing affordability in a number of ways to help tackle Auckland’s housing issues and help boost the building of affordable homes in Auckland under the Auckland Housing Accord. These include integrating housing policy and delivery, implementing the Housing Action Plan, delivering on the Auckland Housing Accord as well as ensuring infrastructure is in place to support Special Housing Areas and other growth areas within the Rural Urban Boundary.

Early in 2004, a small group of people who belong to Long Bay Baptist Church, identified that there was a very real need on the North Shore for accessible, good quality housing for people who have experienced some form of mental ill health. Spurred on by research that indicated the extent of this need, by the end of 2004 a Trust had been established of people with a keen desire to do something, but with no money with which to do it.

The aim of Bays Housing Trust is to provide suitable, quality, affordable housing on the North Shore for people in social or economic need.

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Beacon Pathway is an incorporated society committed to transforming New Zealand's homes and neighbourhoods. Through research and demonstration projects, we hope to show how to make our homes higher performing (resource-efficient, cheaper to run, healthier to live in), adaptable, resilient and affordable.

Better Communities is a not-for-dividend company formed in 2013 that works with government, business and community partners to create great places to live. Our focus is on the people side of the equation where it comes down community regeneration, developing new residential developments and even exploring what it will take to make a place better for its residents.

Bishop's Action Foundation is a catalyst working collaboratively to achieve positive change for the common good. We want to respond to social issues at their root cause. In working towards our vision we provide three core functions. A think tank which generates informed dialogue on current issues and co-commissions or inspires relevant research in areas where we need greater knowledge, a backbone organisation that provides project facilitation to enable the evolution and implementation of innovative new projects and collaborations, and a programme and service hub to either deliver or support services that provide a unique response to needs.

The Foundation is the sole shareholder of Catalyst Housing Ltd which we established after a significant research initiative to assess the demand for affordable housing in Taranaki. Our affordable housing model engages with low to moderate income families and offers ownership, shared ownership and rent-to-buy options.

Bringing together multi-disciplinary teams to help our clients enhance the value and sustainability of our natural, built and social environment. Award winning consultants in planning, landscape architecture, urban design, ecology, graphics, mapping and cultural heritage.

Buildtech is a national construction and development company with a mission of social good. It undertakes projects that build strong and resilient communities. It does this through building social and affordable housing, community buildings and facilities, aged care facilities and any project which builds the necessary infrastructure to let families and communities flourish and thrive. Its commercial returns are invested back into these projects and other organisations which also focus on building strong families and communities.

We care about our customers and their needs, evidenced by our commitment to work on the most challenging projects, standing by our work and delivering consistently on our customers’ objectives. We care about our communities and their vibrancy, which is shown in the significant number of community organisations we sponsor and support with our time, resources and profits.

It is our values and commitment to people that makes Buildtech unique. This is what produces a superior result, every time.

Chintaro Housing Management Software (MDB Consulting)

MDB Consulting is the developer and supporter of Chintaro who provide housing management software. Some of the growing list of New Zealand clients include: Comcare Trust, Dwell Housing Trust, He Korowai Trust, Keys Social Housing, Nga Rau Tatangi Ltd - Maori Housing Foundation, Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei Trust, Ōtautahi Community Housing Trust, Tauranga Community Housing Trust, and The PACT Group.

MDB Consulting can provide assistance with management of tenancies and properties.

We are innovative designers recognised for shaping authentic places and inspiring people.

Chow:Hill is a design practice working in public, private and not-for-profit sectors. We are committed to our clients’ success through collaboration, design thinking and the development of trusted relationships. We view these partnerships with our clients as essential to the creative process.

The Christchurch Methodist Mission is committed to providing warm, affordable and secure accommodation to those who need it most, ensuring that new tenants get the support they require. They are one of Christchurch's largest social housing providers with 26 bedsits and 12 one bedroom units for older people, plus eight townhouses for families. They are currently partnering with the Christchurch City Council and Youth & Cultural Development (YCD) to provide rental housing and on-going social support for homeless young people and families.

Operating under the name City Housing, our rental accommodation portfolio of more than 2,640 units (prior to the Canterbury earthquakes) spread throughout most suburbs is second only in size to Housing New Zealand Corporation.

Although rents charged are significantly lower than market rates, our housing policy requires that social housing be financially self-supporting and not funded from rates.

Good quality, affordable, sustainable housing that enables all people to enjoy a fulfilled life as part of their community. Cobham Street Trust was established in 1979 and is registered with the Charities Commission to provide community housing projects in Christchurch, for those in need including the elderly.

At present they have social rental housing village located at 23 Cobham Street in Spreydon, Christchurch, consisting of 20 one bedroom and four two bedroom units for seniors of limited means.

Comcare is a CHRA registered community housing provider. From small beginnings the organisation is now a large regional provider of social housing. Comcare specialises in housing single people, either in group situations in two, three or four bedroomed homes, or in single bedroom flats in small complexes situated around the city. Comcare own a large property portfolio and lease a number of other houses and flats to complete its available housing stock.

Comcare’s Housing Support Services offer a variety of supports to assist people to find, set up and maintain appropriate housing. The Service also provides urgent assistance in times of unwellness or hospital admission to ensure accommodation is secure.

As the national organisation for our 104 members we work to represent their voice, supporting the growth and development of community housing providers to better help them provide affordable and social housing. Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA) aims to:

1. be the voice of the community housing sector
2. build capacity and foster collaboration
3. promote best practice in housing policy
4. champion quality and excellence.

We are here to work with families looking for affordable housing. Initially we focused on shifting houses from the Red Zone to create the first batch of affordable homes. The houses we relocate and renovate are high quality timber frame construction homes that we transform into wonderful family homes.

First and foremost CHT is here for the community and is not-for-profit. This means that all funds in the trust are put into developing affordable housing. CHT intends playing an active role in the city addressing many of the current housing issues, with land subdivision and building techniques, funding packages or support structures for families as they work toward owning their own homes. We think there’s a role for a community-based honest broker working with all sectors. The solution to affordable housing is a complex one and will require relooking at all current structures and searching for new ways of getting families into their own homes.

Community Living Trust is a charitable organisation that supports people with intellectual disability and the wider disability community to live the life of their choice through community connections.

We work in partnership with the people we support, their whānau/families and the broader community to support each person to have a voice. We encourage people to dream big and work collectively to support them to reach personal outcomes which will create their own life journey. This is our ‘focus’(Arotahi) – “Live the dream tell the story.”

We are based in Hamilton, but work with communities throughout the middle of the North Island including the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Taranaki. Our skilled and talented team of staff are constantly encouraged to upskill and think creatively in the ever-changing world we live in. As an evolving organisation we are constantly seeking innovative ways to enable us to meet and exceed the needs of people we support.

We own 24 residential properties in the city and support a number of people who rent on the open market in another 31 houses and flats.

CORT Community Housing (Community of Refuge Trust) is a leading accredited and registered social and affordable housing organisation providing homes for people on low incomes in Auckland. CORT Community Housing now has more than 223 one, two and three bedroom properties. These are homes for 249 households.

CORT Community Housing now owns over 60% of its properties. It also manages properties for other landlords. In 2015, CORT Community Housing completed nineteen new one and two bedroom units in Mt Wellington, a further nine two and three bedroom units at Waimahia Inlet and eleven one and two bedroom units at Lynton Road, Mt Wellington.

Compass Housing Services – Alleviating the hardship of housing stress

Compass provides secure and affordable housing for low to moderate income earning households, as well as housing products for disadvantaged people who have difficulties sourcing adequate and affordable accommodation.

Compass has been providing tenancy and property management services and housing solutions for people in need for over 30 years operating in New South Wales, Queensland and has recently begun operations in New Zealand in an effort to work with the Government in its major social housing reform programme that involves 69,000 properties.

When the Sisters of Compassion bought the Upper Hutt City Council’s pensioner units in 2000, it gave us an excellent opportunity to provide more community outreach services to existing tenants, while also working constructively to keep people in the community. As a charitable organisation of the Sisters of Compassion, Compassion Housing is dedicated to respecting the dignity of older people by:

• offering quality housing that’s comfortable and affordable
• respecting their right to independence
• offering friendship, encouragement and helping them live active lives
• offering advocacy for access to healthcare, social and government assistance
• encouraging those with ill health to seek and obtain appropriate care.

From modest beginnings in February 1994 the Coromandel Independent Living Trust (CILT) has become an integral and much valued part of life in the upper Coromandel. Although when it was first set up the Trust focused on providing services for people with disabilities, its range of offerings has since become much broader. CILT is now an innovative Charitable Trust working collectively for the community in the disability, housing and education sectors.

In January 2008, CILT purchased the seven Kapanga Road pensioner bedsit flats from Thames Coromandel District Council, through the use of the Housing Innovation Fund from Housing New Zealand Corporation. CILT has since retro-fitted those houses.

CRESA has been undertaking social research and evaluation for over two decades. Our research focuses on encouraging community development and sustainable communities. We are currently leading projects under two national science challenge programmes:

Life When Renting: Enabling Older People’s Independence in the Tenure Revolution

Current New Zealand research around housing and older people focuses on older owner occupiers. This four-year research is part of the Ageing Well National Science Challenge and aims to provide a robust evidential basis for promoting ageing well and ageing in-place in a rental reliant future by exploring the experience of, and issues facing, older renters in New Zealand.

Getting Decisions for Homes and Cities That Work

Part of the Building Better Homes, Towns and Cities National Science Challenge, this research focuses on understanding and changing the way different actors in the building and housing sphere relate to one another to help us get better homes, towns and cities.

De Paul House provides housing and family support services. It responds to the needs of homeless families. Our service aims to keep families united in a safe and dignified environment, help them address the issues that have led to them being homeless, and have them leave us to successfully re-establish themselves in the community.

DCM might be a small organisation, but we are working on some of the biggest problems facing Wellington city. We support the most vulnerable people in our city to break the depressing cycle of life on the street, hospital emergency rooms, police cells, prison and the night shelter.

DCM is not just there to pick up the pieces. We see our job as assisting people to put their lives back together. Our programmes are practical and useful. We assist many people to make dramatic changes in their lives. Often they achieve wellbeing and independence for the first time in a long time. At DCM, we have a big vision – we firmly believe that by working together, we can end homelessness in our city.

The Dunedin City Council's Housing is managed by City Property. Because resources are limited, our community housing is targeted to those who most need it.

Dwell Housing Trust is a registered community housing provider. Dwell provides affordable, quality housing for people on low incomes or in need. Building on their history and wealth of experience, Dwell provides a range of housing services including:

· Social and affordable housing for people in need or on low incomes

· Supportive housing for people with other needs such as mental illness and intellectual disabilities

· A shared home ownership programme for first home buyers

· They also manage homes for other organisations.

Dwell is 'more than a landlord' as we ensure our residents have access to the support they need, and want, to live well, be well, do well. We collaborate with others to create positive outcomes where our tenants can thrive.

Dwell became operational in 2013 following the merger of the Wellington Housing Trust and Mahora House Inc. Those two organisations had more than 60 years’ combined experience in the community housing sector. Dwell is a uniquely experienced organisation working in and committed to the greater Wellington region.

EasyBuild House Packs are changing the way New Zealanders build houses. Our innovative and unique product allows us to bring affordable, quality homes to the people of New Zealand, that are designed for local conditions using tried and tested products. By providing a partially constructed modular house pack, high quality homes can be built from floor to completion in less than half the time of a conventional home and for a fraction of the cost, nationwide. The nature of construction makes EasyBuild House Packs a lasting solution for large housing developments and social housing, with the added benefit of providing local employment opportunities for semi-skilled people.

EcoTiny pods are affordable homes, made from New Zealand steel, that are strong, healthy, warm and dry. Super-fast to build. Buying an EcoTiny is like buying a car with easy design, after sales service and support. EcoTiny come in transportable one, two and three bedrooms and can be off the grid with solar and wind turbine power generation.

Built in 10 weeks modular dropped to site or built onsite.

Elevator Group exists to provide people with a disability work and career options. Our mission its "Supporting People with diverse needs". We have been in business for almost 50 years and in that time we have provided assistance to over 10,000 people through our two organisations,Altus Enterprisesand our Joint VentureGeneva Elevator.

Altus Enterprises is a social enterprise that provides work and career support for people with disabilities. Working with us means that not only do you get access to a dedicated, hard-working and loyal workforce who do a professional job at a good price and on time, but you also know that you are 'doing good' and supporting your community as well. Geneva Elevator places people with disabilities in employment and supports them in their roles.

Emerge Aotearoa provide a wide range of community-based mental health, addiction, disability support and social housing services nationwide. We believe that everyone is capable of living full and rich lives in their communities of choice. In every aspect of our work we are committed to helping our service users be the best they can be.

Emerge Aotearoa was formed on 1 July 2015 from the merger of Recovery Solutions Group and Richmond New Zealand. Taking the best of our historical practices we have created an organisation led by the needs of people who use our services – tangata whaiora – and their families/whānau and communities. We know that listening to and acting on the advice provided by people with lived experience helps us deliver services that are real and relevant. We are committed to understanding the needs of Māori, our Treaty partners as well as Pasifika people and new settlers.

Emerge Aotearoa profile 2016.pdf

Habitat for Humanity believes in a world where everyone has a decent place to live, and works towards this in the Central North Island through building, repairing and renting homes. Our work is supported through funds raised from a network of ReStores and Reuse stores, generous donors, sponsors and volunteers who give their time through all our programmes.

• Our Critical Home Repair Programme provides essential maintenance and repair solutions for low-income homeowners, with affordable no-interest repayments over up to five years.
  
• Our Social Rental homes are located throughout the region, and include pensioner housing in Hamilton and www.freemancourt.co.nz in Te Awamutu. Many of these are provided to MSD clients utilising income related rent subsidy.
  
• Our Assisted Home Ownership Programme enables whānau to work alongside Habitat to build their own home and then make affordable regular repayments to Habitat at a no profit basis. Our rent-then-buy model helps whānau build up a deposit which they can use when seeking independent finance to buy their home from Habitat.

Habitat for Humanity builds brighter futures, strong foundations, healthier children and stronger families. Every 24 hours Habitat for Humanity completes 115 homes around the world. The needs of all these families are diverse, but so are the Habitat for Humanity solutions. We build new homes and we repair others. We help those who have been struck by disaster and we partner in international projects to provide communities with sanitation and clean water. No matter what housing solution we provide, the outcomes are the same: a foundation for a better life.

Our Mission: Seeking to put God’s love into action Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope.

Our Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Who We Are: Habitat for Humanity partners with people in our community, and all over the world, to help them build or improve a place they can call home. Habitat homeowners help build their own homes alongside volunteers and pay an affordable mortgage. With your support, Habitat homeowners achieve the strength, stability and independence they need to build a better life for themselves and for their families. Through our 2020 Strategic Plan, Habitat for Humanity will serve more people than ever before through decent and affordable housing.

How that works in the Western Bay area: We build homes for families by subdividing our own land. We are currently building eight homes a year for desperate Tauranga families.

Habitat for Humanity is a global charity offering housing solutions to low income families in 70 countries. It brings people together to build homes, community and hope. Habitat’s vision is “A world where everyone has a decent place to live.”

In Auckland, Habitat builds new houses, carries out essential repairs on older houses and provides Financial Literacy and other life-skills training. It does this by working with a wide range of community groups, schools, community organisations, corporate entities and private individuals. Read more: Habitat for Humanity member profile.pdf

Habitat for Humanity (HFH) Invercargill works in partnership with people of goodwill and families in genuine housing and social need to eliminate poverty housing across Southland. Working with a wide range of community groups, schools, individuals, and corporate organisations, Habitat Invercargill builds and renovates homes for families who are living in substandard housing or through hardship are struggling to maintain their homes. Habitat’s vision is “A world where everybody has a decent place to live.”

Our work is supported through funds raised from our ReStores and The Garage ReUse Shop, generous donors, sponsors and volunteers who give their time through all our programmes.

• Our Critical Home Repair Programme provides essential maintenance and repair solutions for low-income homeowners, with affordable no-interest repayments over up to five years.
• Our Assisted Home Ownership Programme enables selected families to work alongside us to build their own home and then make affordable regular repayments to us on a no profit basis. Our rent-then-buy model helps them build up a deposit which they can use when seeking independent finance to buy their home from us.
• We have a limited number of Social Rental properties where the rental is set as a percentage of household income.

Part of a Global Network, we strive to create a world where everyone has a decent place to live. We do this through our home ownership programme, sending teams to volunteer on overseas builds, providing social rentals and financially supporting overseas builds and
disaster relief.

Habitat for Humanity builds brighter futures, strong foundations, healthier children and stronger families. Every 24 hours Habitat for Humanity completes 115 homes around the world. The needs of all these families are diverse, but so are the Habitat for Humanity solutions. We build new homes and we repair others. We help those who have been struck by disaster and we partner in international projects to provide communities with sanitation and clean water. No matter what housing solution we provide, the outcomes are the same: a foundation for a better life.

Our Vision: A world where everyone has a decent place to live.

Habitat for Humanity Northland partners with a wide range of community groups and organisations to provide advice and support for whānau in housing need.

Our Home Repair Programme provides affordable home maintenance and repair solutions for low-income homeowners. We then offer an affordable repayment option based on income and ability to meet the repayments.

Our Home Ownership Programme enables whānau to work alongside Habitat to build their own home and then make affordable regular repayments to Habitat at a no profit basis. Our rent-then-buy model helps whānau build up a deposit which they can use when seeking independent finance and buy their home from Habitat.

Through shelter we empower.

Haumaru Housing is a registered Community Housing Provider that provides holistic tenancy and asset management services for Auckland Council’s portfolio of 1,452 rental units for older people. Established in late 2016, we are a limited partnership between New Zealand charitable trust, The Selwyn Foundation, and Auckland Council.

We aim to provide outstanding social housing for older Aucklanders, with customer service excellence a priority. Our focus is on providing safe, secure and affordable long-term tenancies for senior citizens and creating positive and inclusive communities that support people to live well in the comfort and security of their home.

As an independent limited partnership, Haumaru Housing invests in communities, in terms of people and properties, retaining all surpluses to benefit older adults in local neighbourhoods. Our service is as much about enhancing people’s wellbeing, as it is about providing housing. We wish to create age-friendly and caring communities, where social isolation and loneliness are eliminated, and to develop our navigator role to help tenants access the social, health, advocacy and budgetary advice services they need to improve their wellbeing.

Based in Kaitaia the Trust combines a consortium of Māori organisations working collectively to improve the quality of life to whānau providing a range of services including budgeting, whānau assistance, health and social housing.

Housing problems in the community remain difficult. They include a chronic shortage of single men’s accommodation, no HCNZ or private rental stock. Many whānau are unable to own a home through borrowing so they opt to build makeshift shacks on Māori land or to re-occupy previously abandoned unhealthy dwellings, like cow sheds, resulting in overcrowding, cross infection and recurring respiratory problems.Trustees have developed a comprehensive housing strategy which is moving whānau into safer improved living environments and improving quality of life.

Homes of Choice is a subsidiary of Spectrum Care, one of the largest providers of residential disability services in New Zealand, with a specific focus on supporting people with high and complex needs. Homes of Choice is an active social housing provider, working strategically to support high-quality living options and housing solutions for all people with disabilities. Homes of Choice seek to enable choice, affordability and happiness for people with disabilities.

Horizon Housing Company is a large, well-established community housing provider and developer of social and affordable housing. With over twenty years’ experience in the delivery of sustainable, relevant and quality housing services across Queensland and New South Wales in Australia, we have a strong focus on the people we work with and the communities we work in. Local community and people are at the heart of what we do. We work with a range of services to provide the supports, opportunities and pathways our clients need to achieve their aspirations. Horizon has partnered with councils, governments, support agencies and the business community, with the aim of helping those in need of secure, stable and affordable housing. With a current property portfolio of over 2,400 properties located in metropolitan, regional, rural and remote communities, we have significant expertise in planning, developing and delivering housing solutions to meet identified need.

The Houhanga Rongo Trust was incorporated as a charitable entity in May 1989 evolving from it’s beginnings in Otara, South Auckland to serve community and families/whanau throughout Auckland, West Auckland and the North Shore.

The Housing Foundation’s mission is to relieve poverty by providing affordable housing for low income households in New Zealand. The Housing Foundation provides programmes that will enable people, over time, to move in to sustainable and affordable independent housing.

Since 2007 it has completed 750 homes with another 200 homes programmed to be completed over the next few years in a number of developments across Auckland, Christchurch and other areas.

The Housing Foundation specialises in assisting low income working families to lift themselves out of the rental poverty trap on pathways towards independence. This transition is supported through two key products namely: Rent to Buy and Shared Home Ownership.

Established in 2011 Housing Plus house people with mental health issues who benefit from being in new housing in a small stable community. They are currently developing housing in Christchurch.

Aspire – Community Support deliver a quality residential and supported living service for people with intellectual disability We believe in people living life to the fullest. As a small service we pride ourselves in having flexible and adaptable services to meet peoples’ individual needs.

Hamilton Residential Trust was formed in 1989, as a response to the closure of big institutions and people being supported to live within the community. In 2015, we became Aspire – Community Support, and are proud to be a dynamic service with a number of properties, a supported independent living service and a broad range of staff skills and expertise. As a small service we pride ourselves on providing individualised services for the people we support. Our small size allows us to be flexible, nimble and adaptable. We work in partnership with the people we support, staff and also organisations within the sector to meet our vision – People living life to the fullest.

Island Child Charitable Trust is a non-profit organisation established in 2005 and provides support and assistance to people marginalised or struggling and in need of support in the Greater Auckland area, including emergency housing. Read more here:

Island child 2016.pdf

Kennerley Consulting Limited is a boutique housing and urban development consultancy based in the Wairarapa. We can assist community housing providers to establish and monitor housing programmes, research topics of interest, navigate the resource consent and land use planning process, and stay up to date on government subsidies for healthy housing initiatives. We have worked with EECA, BRANZ, councils and local NGOs active in the housing space. We operate across the country and offer discounted rates for registered charities.

Lifewise and Airedale Property Trust are charitable organisations operating under the auspices of the Methodist Church. Lifewise is about supporting people to improve their future, not just meeting their immediate needs. Airedale Property Trust provides property management and tenancy expertise.

Together, Lifewise and Airedale Property Trust support people at every different stage and circumstance of life. Our services include early childhood education, foster care, youth housing, community building (Merge Café), Housing First services, mental health and addiction services, and health and disability services, including homecare for older people.

Keys Social Housing and Linkage, two entities within the Wise Group, teamed up and became LinkPeople in December 2016. Our name describes exactly what we do – we link people to housing and services that meet their individual needs.

Having a home and successfully navigating social services are both very important to achieving positive health outcomes. Based on the proven housing first model LinkPeople provides access to safe, affordable accommodation options and then links people with the health and social services they require for complete wraparound support.

Read more here:

LinkPeople-CHA-profile.pdf

Mahitahi Trust provides both community and residential services for people who experience barriers to mental well-being. Our services are available across both the Auckland and Counties Manukau DHB catchment areas and are delivered within a Kaupapa Māori framework. Mahitahi Trust continues to strive for improved community-based care facilities and services to better enhance people’s lives.

Naku te rourou nau te rourou ka ora ai te iwi

With your basket and my basket the people will thrive

The Hutt Valley Disabled Resources Trust was formed in 1981 operating a sheltered workshop formed by parents who were concerned about their intellectually disabled children once they left school. In 2005 the trust closed the workshop and started to provide a more holistic range of services to our core clientele; people with disabilities in the Hutt Valley.

Manaia Health funds and co-ordinates services, provides resources and expertise for providers and delivers some specialised primary healthcare services. The PHO also works closely with a number of other health, social services, iwi, sport, housing, education and local community organisations and the local territorial authority, to improve the overall health and well-being of our enrolled population.

While many of our services are directed towards individuals and illness, we are also focused on issues which impact on the wellness of specific groups and communities within our enrolled population which is approximately 93,000 of whom 24% are Maori.

MPBI is a Māori Incorporation that was formed on 27 May 1957. We currently have approximately 780 shareholders, with a total land holding of around 750 acres.

Since 1957 the main business activity had been farming, with the development of over 30 hectares of kiwifruit orchards occurring in more recent years. We also have avocado orchards.

In May 2010 MPBI opened its Pacific Coast Retirement Village (PCV) alongside its retirement development partner, Retirement Assets Ltd.

Tui Landscape Ltd were our first long term leasee on our Industrial lands closely followed by Stadium Storage Ltd.

In December 2011 MPBI’s Kuia and Kaumatua Papakainga expanded from four one bedroom units to a further 10 two bedroom units with the formal opening held in March 2012. Two more two bedroom units were completed in 2013.

124 bedroom rental homes were added to the housing stock in 2016, all tenanted by shareholders or beneficiaries of shareholders. Our most recent housing project was completed in December 2017 with three whānau moving into their own License to Occupy homes.

Maniapoto Māori Trust Board is a tribal organisation that aspires for a vibrant Maniapoto Iwi. Their Marae development includes scoping Papakāinga housing developments for Marae.

Ā muri kia mau ki tēnā, kia mau ki te kawau mārō, whanake ake, whanake ake

The Marlborough Sustainable Housing Trust is a charitable trust and registered Community Housing Provider, that provides rental housing and operates a shared ownership programme.

The purpose of the Trust is to undertake actions, initiatives and programmes to promote and provide affordable housing to benefit people in charitable need with significant housing needs in Marlborough, particularly those in housing need associated with age, health problems or disability. We build homes that are affordable, energy efficient and follow lifetime design principles, including wheelchair access.

Mercy Villas, a retirement complex in Upper Hutt, provides income-related rental housing for older adults. 41 units, flats and apartments create an affordable, peaceful, and beautiful space for independent living in Jubilee Villas, Villa Christine, Villa Natalie and McAuley Apartments.

Mike Greer Homes NZ Limited (Mike Greer Homes) is a privately owned residential construction company with nine operations throughout New Zealand. The consolidated group is the largest home builder in the country currently completing more than 1,200 homes per annum.

The social and affordable housing team within Mike Greer Homes was established three years ago, and is passionate about creating affordable housing that can act as a platform for the development of vibrant and diverse communities for all people within New Zealand.

Monte Cecilia Housing Trust has a vision of a society in which everyone in Aotearoa New Zealand has access to adequate, affordable, and secure housing as of right regardless of race, religion, income or social status.

The Trust offers a range of housing and services that supports low income families to find affordable and appropriate housing as well as preparing them to sustain their own home. This includes individual advocacy, emergency housing for 38 families across South Auckland and social housing options to 48 families across South and West Auckland.

The Council aims to provide well maintained flats and villages in a secure and pleasant environment, with an emphasis on the welfare of the tenants. There are 376 flats situated in 12 villages throughout the city and suburbs, nine retirement villages and three general rental villages. Flats are available for people who meet Council's criteria, based on housing needs and income.

Navigator Limited is an Australasian business consultancy founded by experienced chief executives focused on building strong and effective organisations and communities. Its partners and associates work across a number of sectors including housing, aid development, operational excellence, business strategy, governance, health, education and urban design.

NTHT provides quality, affordable, healthy homes and services for people on low incomes. The Trust was established in 2004 as a community response to declining housing affordability in Nelson and Tasman. NTHT has built and owns 43 rental homes and leases 2 others (a mix of affordable and social housing). NTHT now also manages the Nelson City Council Community Housing portfolio of 142 pensioner flats, and administers the Warmer Healthier Homes project, providing insulation for low income residents living in older homes. WHH has insulated over 1000 homes in the past 4 years.

NTHT also collaborates with many other community agencies: providing Housing Advice to people seeking in housing in Nelson, hosting bi-monthly meetings of the Housing Solutions Groups, and Monitoring Housing Need, action research that aims to better inform greater local and central government investment in affordable housing for the Nelson/Tasman region.

The New Zealand Coalition to End Homelessness (NZCEH) is an incorporated society that works towards ending homelessness in Aotearoa New Zealand.

NZCEH’s mission is to promote a society with adequate support services where all people can have a place they can call home while operating within a Tiriti o Waitangi / Treaty of Waitangi relationship framework.

NZCEH believes every person has the right to an adequate standard of living and housing to ensure their health and the health of their family. Everyone, regardless of income or economic resource, is entitled to this right, without distinction, exclusion or restriction on the basis of any specific characteristic such as race, religion, age, [dis]ability, or gender. Owing to a range of circumstances and barriers, people who are homeless are excluded from these fundamental rights.

NZCEH recognises Te Ao Māori when considering Māori who experience homelessness and acknowledges the need to incorporate tangata whenua values in developing solutions. The work of NZCEH is also based on taking a holistic view of homelessness and the solutions required to tackle homelessness.

NZCCSS represent six church networks: the Anglican Care Network, the Baptist, Catholic and Presbyterian social services agencies, as well as the Methodist and the Salvation Army churches. Their members deliver a wide range of services that cover such areas as child and family services, services for older people, food bank and emergency services, housing, budgeting, disability, addictions, community development and employment services. The New Zealand Council of Christian Social Services works with CHA to help identify and support social service providers requiring housing to deliver their services to clients.

The Nga Hau E Wha National Marae is for every New Zealander and the vision of the Marae is:

"Kia tū tēnei marae hei taonga mo ngā tāngata katoa, me te whakaōrite i ngā tikanga tino ātaahua o Aotearoa me ngā iwi ō ngā hau e whā."

"To be a marae for all people and to share New Zealand’s unique cultural richness with the peoples of the four winds."

Nga Hau E Wha National Marae is situated on approximately 14 acres of land located in the eastern suburbs of Christchurch. It is the largest National Marae in New Zealand.

Kia whakapakari i te ngākau mōhio o ia iwi o te ao, i raro i te tikanga Māori, kia whakatinana, ā, kia whakapūmau hoki i te whakaaro kotahi mo ngā tikanga, ngā whanaungatanga, me ngā mahi whai ora a ngā tangata katoa.

To enhance understanding between all people, embracing Māori values, so as to establish and maintain a major focal point for cultural, social and economic development.

Ngā Pōtiki a Tamapahore Trust is a leading tribal organisation that serves Nga Potiki whānau and is tasked with formulating and implementing initiatives that lead to better social and economic outcomes for whānau,
in areas of education and vocational training, employment, cultural and marae development, health and well-being, as well as the protection and preservation of physical and environmental heritage.

Read more here: Papakainga Solutions .pdf

Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei is the mana whenua of the Auckland Central area. We have a rich history in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) dating back to the very beginnings of human Māori migration from Hawaiiki. Our more recent occupation in Tāmaki Makaurau began in the17th century when Te Tāōū, a hapu (sub-tribe) of Ngāti Whātua, under the leadership of Tuperiri, campaigned against, and overrode the local tribe. Tuperiri remained, consolidating the position of Ngāti Whātua in Tāmaki Makaurau.

As such, every member (approximately 5000) of Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei can trace their whakapapa (genealogy) to Tuperiri and are descended from the three hapu (sub-tribes): TeTāōū, Ngāoho and Te Uringutu, collectively referred to as Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei.

OCHT was established by Christchurch City Council (Council) in 2016 to take over the day-to-day management of its social housing portfolio of approximately 2,300 social housing units. Council retains full ownership of the housing stock and retains responsibility for long-term asset management while OCHT is responsible for tenancy management, rent-setting and the day-to-day maintenance of the units.

OCHT’s lease agreement with Council also provides an annual payment into an asset fund for long-term house improvements that is kept separate from other Council activities. OCHT is a registered community housing provider (CHP) and a Class 1: Social Landlord committed to delivering high quality services and continuously-improving tenant outcomes. As a charitable trust, any surplus money will be reinvested back into social housing, to improve the service provided to tenants and the wider community.

PSL – Land Development and Advisory is a small specialist team managing and collaborating on residential and commercial property development projects since 2008. We have an excellent reputation for our work project managing and co-ordinating Papakāinga as well as other land development projects with Māori trusts and incorporations. However, we also offer expertise in for projects on land in general as well as Māori title. Whether you are a Māori land trust, central or local government organisation, private land owner or a land developer looking for a specialist partner to collaborate with, chances are we are who you've been looking for.

Read more here: Papakainga Solutions .pdf

The Pathway philosophy is "we never give up on people. ever." It’s what makes us different. People need to know that someone believes in them, believes they can change and will be there to support them along their journey.

Pathways work with people needing employment skills or new skills, families or individuals needing accommodation and people being released from prison- to help them make a fresh start.

Providing accommodation for those in need of immediate, short or medium-term housing they provide a rural retreat in Motukarara, 20kms from Christchurch. This retreat is away from the pressures of the city and provides a comfortable environment which allows the opportunity to make a fresh start.

Pathway believe that stable housing promotes better education outcomes for the family, better chances for strong community support and an ability to build financial independence. Pathway Affordable Housing aims to help break the intra-family poverty cycle and create better communities by promoting affordable home ownership.

Based in Manurewa, Penina Health Trust is a member of the largest Pacific Whānau Ora collective in New Zealand.
Their services include:

• Family Support Service
• Level IV Forensic Residential Rehabilitation Service
• Youth Community Living Services
• Adult Community Living Services
• Alcohol and Other Drug Learning and Development Programme
• Alcohol and Other Drug Learning Community Support Worker.

Operating since 2007 QLCHT provides housing for low to moderate income households who contribute to the social, economic and environmental well-being of our District, but are genuinely struggling to commit to the area because of the affordability issue in the area.

The Trust operates a number of housing assistance programmes, including affordable rentals, rent saver and an assisted ownership programme.

Read more here:

Queenstown Lakes profile final pdf.pdf

We help provide safer, warmer, better maintained homes for over 23,000 Kiwi families.

Over 23,000 families rely on us to maintain their homes and keep them in good condition. Our people make a difference in the communities in which we operate and where they live and work. Those people include operational staff, office-based finance and administration teams, as well as health and safety and quality assurance teams. We provide a full range of property repair, maintenance and upgrade services to government and commercial organisations. Our specialisation is assisting organisations with portfolios of residential properties that require long term maintenance. We combine our expertise with that of trades' contractors and consultants to deliver prompt, efficient, high quality work within required timeframes. Our own staff number around 140 and our experienced subcontractor network numbers around 2,000, covering all the trades we need to deliver a full maintenance service to our customers.

Stepping Stone Trust is a not-for-profit Charitable Trust organisation that offers a range of community-based support services for adults, youth and families who live in Canterbury and are affected by mental illness. The Trust has been providing support services for over 20 years having grown from providing a single supported-living home for adults in 1990 to now operating 13 separate supported accommodation facilities, a number of flats and a wide range of community support options.

Tauranga City Council owns 246 units for housing older people, most of which are located near shopping centres and bus routes. They have signed a Housing Accord with the Government to provide new developments to deliver smaller homes on modestly sized sections to achieve more affordable housing.

A Special Housing Area (SHA) is an area of the City suitable for new housing where the more permissive resource consenting powers of the Act can be used to fast track development.

SHAs will be selected by Tauranga City Council in areas where there is a clear demand for housing, and where there is already suitable infrastructure or there are plans for it to be built. When recommending SHAs, Council may include criteria specifying maximum building height, the minimum number of dwellings and a measure for affordable houses. The Council will negotiate housing affordability outcomes on a development by development basis. Some developments will lend themselves to delivering more affordable housing prices than other developments.

Previously the Tauranga Community Housing Trust, Tawanui Community Housing - Whare Kaitiaki, was founded in 2003 in response to concern about the growing lack of affordable, appropriate housing for local disabled people. The Trust operates in the Tauranga area and Western Bay of Plenty Region and now assists a broad range of people, mostly working with individuals and families with complex health, disability, financial and/or social needs in addition to a serious housing need.

Tauranga has been described as being one of the least affordable cities in New Zealand to live, both in terms of renting and home ownership due to the high housing costs relative to income. As a housing provider and landlord TCHT is helping to address this issue through providing housing at a social rather than market rent to those who need it, both in properties owned by the trust itself and through leasing and managing properties owned by the private sector. See the profile of this member:

Tauranga Community Housing Trust Member Profile.pdf

Tāmaki Housing Association provides tenancy management services for social housing tenants in Glen Innes, Panmure and Pt England. We take a personalised approach to tenancy management and focus on providing sustainable tenancies to the community, and assisting the community move along the housing continuum into affordable rental and affordable houses.

Tāmaki Housing is 100% owned by Tāmaki Regeneration Company (TRC), that is jointly owned by the Government and Auckland Council. As part of the TRC group we work towards the social, economic and physical regeneration of Tāmaki, which is the largest urban transformation project in New Zealand. TRC is working together with many partners including local residents and businesses, mana whenua, local and central government agencies, local service providers and the private sector.

Regeneration is expected over time to deliver around 7,500 homes, the redevelopment of two town centres, and improvements to recreation facilities, waterways and parks. It will further enhance this multi-cultural community, taking advantage of its many strengths including its people and easy access to Auckland’s CBD and its beaches, parks and other amenities.

Te Hau Ora O Ngāpuhi facilitates and delivers important health services for all Ngāpuhi who live in Kaikohe and surrounding areas.

Formerly know as Te Hau Ora O Kaikohe, the organisation was rebranded and joined the Te Rūnanga-Ā-Iwi O Ngāpuhi group in July 2015 as a subsidiary of the Rūnanga, alongside Ngāpuhi Iwi Social Services and the Ngāpuhi Asset Holding Company.

Te Hau Ora O Ngāpuhi works from a community development model where everyone works together to achieve common and shared goals. This includes providing services and support for the 'young and vulnerable in society and our local communities'.

Today, Ngāti Awa faces many challenges, some of which have remained with us for some time. But with these challenges come opportunities – and the potential to move forward together as one.

In 2008, Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa engaged with Ngāti Awa whānui to identify iwi aspirations looking ahead towards the year 2050. Without exception, Ngāti Awa of all ages share the view that the survival and revitalisation of our identity and culture into the future is paramount. This shared vision is very powerful and unifying, but we also need to recognise that the deterioration of our language and cultural practices has been swift and the sustainability of our unique identity is not guaranteed. The challenge has been laid down, kia rite – we must be ready.

Te Runanganui o Ngati Porou has been working in the housing sector for over 20 years. The vision has always been for Ngati Porou whānau to have access to decent and affordable housing appropriate to their needs.

Our mahi to encourage home ownership includes:

• Home ownership workshops
• Papakainga workshops
• Relocatable housing schemes
• Work as an accredited social housing provider
• Advocating on a national and regional level for Ngati Porou’s housing needs.

Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa was established in 1991 to access resources and deliver services for the whanau of Whaingaroa. Te Rūnanga o Whaingaroa provides safe, quality, affordable rental accommodation for low income families who cannot access Government supplied accommodation and cannot afford private rental. Short-term emergency housing is for those in desperate housing need.

Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga is committed to our mission ‘Mauri ora ki te mana Māori o Heretaunga’ (Realising Whānau Potential). We are the lead provider for Whānau Ora for the Hawkes Bay region providing a large range of health and social services to help support our vision for a healthy vibrant whānau. Social and affordable housing is one of those services.

• Te Whare Āhurutanga is the facility that encapsulates this vision. The 11 bedroomed whare is designed especially for kaumātua who are still independent but would benefit from the support of shared living in a homely family atmosphere. Te Whare Āhurutanga was built to meet the needs of kaumātua who are not ready to enter a rest home but would value the wrap-around support this housing provides.
  
• Te Whare Huakina is driven from the whakatauāki 'Huakina te tatau o te whare' (Open the door of the house). TToH is proud to partner with Emerge Aotearoa (www.emergeaotearoa.org.nz) to support vulnerable whānau out of both Emergency Housing (Motels) and also Transitional Housing (Houses) and into longer-term sustainable housing options. Te Whare Huakina embraces whānau ora Kaupapa Māori approach and is about ‘Opening the door to a house’ for a short term, which helps whānau to ‘Open the door to better opportunities’ in the long term. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rckR3gX2Kwo
  
• We also have many aspirations to do more within housing, such as extending current services, networking and sharing housing information with other NGOs who support all HB vulnerable whānau. This includes the goal of the Waingakau Village https://waingakau.co.nz/

Te Tomika Trust is a Kaupapa Māori organisation providing residential accommodation for tangata whaiora with a psychiatric or intellectual disability in the Western Bay of Plenty. The Trust was incorporated in 1990 and is registered as a Charitable Trust.

Te Tomika Trust has obtained three-year certification with the Ministry of Health to provide residential accommodation for tangata whaiora with a psychiatric or intellectual disability.

Te Tumu Kāinga seeks housing project partnerships that deliver quality, sustainable, social and affordable housing outcomes for Māori.

We will consider all housing projects and initiatives, including large-scale urban developments and smaller (often rural Māori-land based) housing projects.

The housing aspirations and needs of Māori are diverse and must be well understood when looking to design a project and solution. Our approach to community housing projects recognises that a quality building is only one part of a successful social or affordable housing project and that wraparound support is often required for community members to maximise and sustain holistic well-being outcomes.

TPA provide a tenancy advisory service and tenancy education for tenants and agencies in the Christchurch region.

We are here to:

• Assist tenants to know and understand about the law relating to renting and what their rights and responsibilities are.
• Help in working out problems or disputes with landlords or with people you share your home with.
• Provide accessible and appropriate information.
• Provide information on housing options and the pro’s and con’s of different housing situations.
• Promote self-advocacy by tenants and strategies for tenants to seek to resolve disputes themselves, and provide assistance where appropriate to approach landlords, agencies and other people involved in their tenancy dispute.
• Explain the process involved with Mediation and Tenancy Tribunal hearings.
• Assist tenants to identify the issues arising in their dispute and organise these issues in such a way that will enable them to resolve their dispute and if required present their case effectively in mediation, negotiation, the Tenancy Tribunal and Disputes Tribunal.
• Uphold the articles of Te Tiriti O Waitangi, as per the document of 6th February 1840 (Māori Text).

The Porirua Whānau Centre is one of six Family Social Service Centres in New Zealand.

We are seen as a ‘hub’ of our community, providing education and social service programmes to enhance the health, education and economic well-being of our families and children.

We take a holistic approach - we provide support and services for babies, through to children, and on to teenagers and adults – all the way to seniors. If you need some friendly, caring support, no matter what your age, background or your ethnicity, you’ll find it with us!

And if we can’t help you directly, we’ll help you find an agency that can.

A proudly New Zealand owned private company, TPG is completely independent. This means that every decision is based, without question, on what is best for our clients and their business.

Our team of consultants all have their own areas of expertise – RMA Planning, development management, statutory services, housing and community, leasing and more. They work collaboratively on projects so that our clients don’t have to engage various agencies for different parts of their project.

For over 15 years we have been helping clients solve property projects, big and small. We have worked with some of New Zealand’s biggest organisations and played a part in major projects all around the country. It’s hard to say how many projects we have been involved in, especially as it’s increasing all the time, but it’s over 30,000!

The Salvation Army provides support to over 120,000 individuals and their families throughout New Zealand each year. Housing is offered in a number of programmes including community ministry outreaches, prison reintegration, and drug and alcohol programmes, as well as via the newly formed Social Housing programme which procures and owns emergency housing and social housing units throughout New Zealand. On any one night the Salvation Army provides some form of shelter to over 1000 people.

Trust House provide affordable rental homes to low income individuals and families in our communities who need them most. They own and manage almost 500 rental homes, from one-bedroom units to four-bedroom houses in Masterton, Martinborough, Featherston, Pahiatua and Dannevirke. We have been a community landlord in Wairarapa and Tararua since 1999 and in 2014 became New Zealand’s first registered social housing provider in the government’s new social housing scheme to make rents even more affordable for people on low incomes.

VisionWest Community Trust operates across West Auckland, offering both emergency and long- term supportive housing as well as an integrated range of wrap-around support services to support the well-being of people in our community.

VisionWest has been a pioneer in providing complete wrap-around support for their community’s most vulnerable people: children, women, families, many of them entrenched in complex and painful social problem.

Services include home-based healthcare, a kindergarten, a training centre for youth and second-chance learners, counselling, budgeting advice, an opportunity shop, food bank, curtain bank and school uniform bank, social workers and a growing portfolio of community housing.

Services span the full spectrum of physical, emotional, spiritual and intellectual support, flowing from our vision, which is Transformed Lives and Healthy Communities brought to life by Building Hope Together with individuals.

Read more here.triange road development 2016 Visionwest.pdf

The Waiohiki Community Charitable Trust was established to: “Encourage, promote, and foster positive relationships, strategic alliances and partnerships between the Māori and Pakeha families living in the rural areas of Korokipo, Pakowhai, Omarunui, Puketapu and Redcliffe, who collectively constitute the Waiohiki community”.

Working with HNZC, Department of Internal Affairs and the Waiohiki Marae Committee the Trust set up social housing to provide relief housing for local families in the late 1980's. It also leases out sheds and buildings for a range of purposes including a martial arts club, a tourist bus company and the Waiohiki Conservation Corps.

The Council is Wellington’s largest provider of affordable rental housing, WCC own around 2200 units at over 40 locations across Wellington city.

They’ve been doing this since the 1950's and are committed to continuing and improving their services providing affordable homes to low-income households and to those who face barriers to other types of housing. Rents are set at 70% of the market rent and reviewed annually. Read more here.CHA article -WCC final final.pdf

Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust is a gender specific local response that opened its doors five years ago and is located in Central Wellington. It provides safe shelter to women experiencing homelessness and offers a three month tenancy with wrap-around social work services, advocacy and referrals into health and other necessary agencies. WHWT has established relationships with key stakeholders in Wellington, and is member of several networks across the sector for homelessness, health and domestic violence.

The Wellington Night Shelter (WNS) is a Wellington-based charity providing crisis and transitional accommodation for men experiencing homelessness. The Wellington Night Shelter is governed by a Board of Trustees made of representatives from: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington, Presbyterian Support Services, Salvation Army, St. Vincent de Paul and Wesley Community Action. They are open seven days a week, every day of the year, providing three levels of accommodation support:

• stage 1: crisis accommodation, including shower and laundry facilities
• stage 2: transitional accommodation
• stage 3: community support.

Established in 1952 by the Methodist Church, Wesley Community Action has been pioneering innovative approaches to social justice and quietly helping create just and caring communities ever since. Wesley’s core approach is one where the people experiencing any issue are active in driving and shaping the change – at both an individual and collective level. We currently have 50 rental units spread around Wellington (Newtown, Naenae, and Waitangirua) and are in the process of building 25 new units in Naenae. We are committed to re-weaving community connections between and around our housing stock. We are connected via the Methodist Alliance to a national network of sister organisations.

The Trust’s main aim is to ensure that a disabled person has the maximum opportunity to increase their independence. The Trust provides information, advice and support relating to housing and accessibility issues.

Residential housing is the primary objective of the trust and the principal service offered. We provide fully accessible homes at affordable rents. When we are not able to offer one of the Trust’s homes, we work with prospective tenants to link them with other alternative accessible housing, via other housing providers.

We can provide information as to universal accessible design, including plans, which utilise the barrier-free standards. We can also assist with information about accessible modifications within the home. This has also included building accessible homes on Maori land and the unique challenges that this involves.

Whatever It Takes Trust Inc. [WIT] is a community based, peer support service organisation for mental health consumers who live in Hawkes Bay. We operate a range of services to assist mental health consumers with tasks of daily living and anything else they may need to help them move towards wellness and independent living in our communities. One of the services that has evolved at WIT over the last 18+ years is the provision of social housing. We currently have 60 properties rented out to our clients to provide them with safe, affordable housing and WIT is now a Registered Social Housing Provider with WINZ. WIT also operates an Outreach Centre for the homeless and rough sleepers in Napier and to help house these folk WIT now provides Transitional Housing for these clients.

Windows Housing has a supply agreement with Oxygen who have Property Management offices in Wellington, Lower Hutt, Upper Hutt, Hastings and Napier. oxygen.co.nz Limited provides accommodation for those qualifying for the Accommodation Supplement and general private sector tenancies. Windows Housing is a Registered Community Housing Provider and ready to step up in the social housing sector. We welcome enquiry from any organisation interested in exploring partnering with us.