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New Zealanders Urged To Have Say On Housing
New Zealanders Urged To Have A Say On The “Right To Housing”
Community Housing Aotearoa has commended the Human Rights Commission for the release of its latest paper reviewing how well the right to housing is observed in New Zealand, its assessment of where New Zealand is falling well short of international standards and key priorities for action.
“As acknowledged in a report to the United Nations last year the provision of adequate housing remains a real challenge for New Zealand - this is an important opportunity then for all of us to give feedback to the Human Rights Commission by their 26 August deadline on the points that are standing in the way of making adequate housing provision a higher priority,” says David McCartney, Executive Officer of Community Housing Aotearoa (CHA), New Zealand’s peak body for not-for-profit housing providers.
“We believe there will be wide support for the Human Rights Commission’s call for the current levels of commitment to social housing provision to be increased, given their assessment that the current supply and diversity is not meeting the range of identified needs.
“The issues highlighted by the Human Rights Commission around accessibility to housing, rental affordability, home ownership affordability, habitability and location are exactly the issues that the members of Community Housing Aotearoa are working to address every day.
“Our experience is that the scale of problems that surround housing issues – primarily the need for more good housing to improve health, community and economic outcomes – is too often underestimated or overlooked.
“This is an ideal time to shine a spotlight on what the right to housing really means in this country, and we urge all New Zealanders to go to the Human Rights Commission website at www.hrc.co.nz to make sure they can have their say.”
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Community Housing Aotearoa
Nga Wharerau o Aotearoa
Community Housing Aotearoa is the peak body for New Zealand's community
housing sector. Our 110 members build and manage affordable and social housing.
Our Vision is to make sure every New Zealander is well-housed in a warm, safe, dry
and affordable home. This is a basic human right.
We work to support the growth and development of community housing providers to
enable them to provide affordable and social housing.
We want to demonstrate that community housing is a critical element alongside
private and government owned housing. No one can do it alone.
Community Housing Aotearoa aims to:
- be the voice of the community housing sector
- build capacity and foster collaboration
- promote best practice in housing policy
- champion quality and excellence.
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