HOMELESSNESS
What is homeless and homelessness?
Rough sleepers
People sleeping in cars, garages
Over crowding/Shared accomodation
Uninhabitable housing
Housing displacement
Couch surfers/runners
*Stats NZ considers people ‘at risk’ some who are not actually homeless.
How is it recorded?
Officially NZ stats – census historical
data
MSDs Housing Register
Non officially Housing providers
Communities
NGO databases
Others
What Causes Homelessness?
Family Breakdowns
Addictions alcohol & drugs
Loss of income
Illness And more …
Where to
go for
help?
Work & Income
Local housing providers – ie. Salvation Army
Housing groups
Community resources
Council websites
Google sensei
The Salvation
Army
Housingousing
TSA Vision for Housing
All New Zealanders
living in warm, safe &
affordable Homes
Transitional Housing
Prison
Reintegration
Solicy PolicyUnit
Social Housing (SASH)
Advocacy
Transitional Housing
Overview
The Salvation Army - a provider of Transitional housing in New Zealand.
Referrals - Work and Income, Corrections Department, NZ Police, mental health services, other NGO community organisations and self-referral. The clients who approach us for emergency housing have no other place to go.
These clients are rough sleepers, people sleeping in cars, garages, parolees, people on bail, homeless refugees, people who are dropped off by the Police and people who are affected by addictions. We house people who have been expelled from their normal residences either by Housing New Zealand Corporation, Council housing, private landlords or their families. We als admit to our emergency accommodation for older men who are not caring for themselves due to long term addiction and mental illness.
The Salvation Army are providing advocacy for changes in Housing for many years through The Social Policy & Parliamentary Unit Released reports such as State of the Nation, Hard Times, Homeless Baby Boomers and submissions to Governments.
https://www.salvationarmy.org.nz/research-policy/social-policy-parliamentary-unit/reports
Transitional Housing Progress
to date
Over 500 units / 218 properties
26 locations/centres from Invercargill to Whangarei
Motel contracts Support Services provided; 70+ units across 5 locations
Over 1,600 families/individuals supported through transitional housing (Jun 18 – June 19)
41% with dependants (665)
Average stay – 12.9 weeks
Occupancy Rate = 89.1%
Transitional
Housing
3 year contracts
12+12 weeks warp around
support in home with 12
weeks in community
Referrals from Work &
Income
Client’s plan - holistic
support
Best practice standards,
online manual
8 properties - 1FTE Social
Worker
25 properties - 1FTE
Tenancy Manager
Hurdles
Client complexity
Property Procurement
Meth Contamination, Remediation & insurance
Data collection, entry
Support for staff
What can we do?
Partner /Join with
Encourage
Educate
Advocate
Why