EXTRACT
This is the first time in New Zealand that a comprehensive central government-led and cross-agency plan has been developed to prevent and reduce homelessness.
The release of the action plan represents a shift in the way the government responds to homelessness. It is a multi-year cross-government roadmap towards the government’s vision that ‘homelessness is prevented where possible, or is rare, brief and non-recurring’.
The plan is an important step in delivering on this vision. It sets out an overarching framework with actions to improve the wellbeing and housing outcomes of individuals, families and wh?nau who are at risk of, or experiencing, homelessness.
SOURCE: “Homelessness Action Plan report 2019: phase one 2020-2023” Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (New Zealand), Feb 2020.
The Brotherhood of St Laurence acknowledges and recognises the Traditional Owners of the land upon which we live and work, and we pay our respects to their Elders both past and present.
Produced by the librarians at the Brotherhood of St Laurence in Melbourne, Australia
