Housing and Health - A summary of selected research for Auckland Regional Public Health services - December 2004

This report summarises selected recent research into housing and health in the Auckland urban region. It was commissioned by Auckland Regional Public Health Services, which has a housing brief. It is written for public health and health promotion workers, local government, Housing New Zealand Corporation (HNZC) and non-governmental organisations with an interest in housing issues.

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  1. Introduction
  2. SWINGS IN NATIONAL HOUSING POLICY
    • Statutory responsibilities for housing
    • Treaty of Waitangi
    • International obligations 
    • Possible actions
  3. AFFORDABILITY - THE HIGH COST OF HOUSING
    • Affordability and health
    • The scope of the problem
    • Affordability and the Accommodation Supplement
    • Stuck in a rent trap
    • Buying on a low income
    • Housing gaps for mental health consumers
    • Affordability initiatives
    • Possible actions

    Chapter 2 - 3 (105kb)

  4. CROWDING
    • When is a house overcrowded?
    • Crowding and health
    • Official statistics underestimate crowding
    • Populations facing the most crowding
    • Other characteristics related to crowding
    • Locations most affected
    • Mobility
    • Initiatives about crowding
    • Possible actions

    Chapter 4 (488kb)

  5. SUBSTANDARD HOUSING
    • Substandard housing and health
    • Poor housing over a lifetime
    • The scope of the problem
    • Initiatives about substandard housing
    • Possible actions

    Chapter 5 (95kb)

  6. COLD, DAMP AND MOULD
    • Cold, damp, mould and health
    • Initiatives about cold, damp and mould
    • Possible actions
  7. HAZARDS AND INJURY
    • Vehicle injuries
    • Fire
    • Heating and hot water hazards
    • Poisoning
    • Falls
    • Glass hazards
    • Electricity
    • Safety initiatives
    • Possible actions
  8. BEYOND MONOCULTURAL HOUSING
    • Designing appropriate housing forMaori whanau
    • Designing houses for Pacific families
    • Possible actions
  9. CONCLUSION

    10. Chapter 6 - 9 (175kb)

  10. APPENDIX 1 - KEY CONCEPTS
    • Health
    • House
    • Household
    • Home
  11. ABBREVIATIONS
  12. NOTES
  13. REFERENCES

    14. Appendix, Notes and References