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On a bright and sunny morning this week we had the privilege of blessing the final four VisionWest houses in a new-build development in West Auckland. These are the last of 20 houses built for VisionWest whānau in this lovely new subdivision which...
Making space for a brighter future! “There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in.” - Desmond Tutu Over 11,000 kids across New Zealand are homeless. ‘Lost...
On Sunday the 12th May, the Prime Minister and Minister of Housing and Urban Development were hosted at VisionWest Community Trust at Glen Eden Baptist Church. The event was the announcement of a landmark investment in the ongoing growth of the...
VisionWest’s Community Housing is different. It’s about providing homes. Whether it’s emergency accommodation, housing for the chronically homeless, or long-term or transitional solutions, we work to provide homes for those who need them. The homes...
The Government’s announcement to increase investment in Housing First services across New Zealand is positive news for the 1,450 people and families who will benefit from this funding. Speaking on behalf of the collective (Auckland City Mission...
This week the government released “A Stocktake of New Zealand’s Housing” February 2018 authored by Alan Johnson, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Shamubeel Eaqub. This report details the current state of housing markets and the housing system in New...
Newshub recently ran a story looking at the Housing First programme, how it was started and why it is different to other housing programmes. View the whole story in the link below: http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/shows/2017/11/finding-a-home.html
A little while ago I read a news article about Auckland’s boarding houses. Boarding houses are half way houses for families and individuals who have no house to live in. In a lot of cases they are very unsafe places for people to live, especially...
Homelessness and poverty are always in the media right? Every day we hear about statistics and initiatives, prospective policies and political debates on how to address these… What we rarely hear about though, is the negative self-talk, feelings of...
How do I summarise the impact of the Housing First programme in just a few hundred words? An internationally renowned approach, Housing First caters for people who have been homeless for over a year and VisionWest are responsible for its operation...