The housing catastrophe in Auckland is one of our first issues of focus. Our member organisations are united in their support for the initiatives listed below. 

We stand in solidarity with all those who are suffering through the housing crisis in Tāmaki Makaurau and we are committed to working for positive, lasting change. 

What is the Right to a Decent Home

Everybody in Aotearoa has the Right to a Decent Home. A “decent Home” is defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Human Rights Commission through seven decency principles. A decent home is:

• Affordable

• • • Our homes should cost no more than 30% of a household's income

• Habitable

• • • Meaning it is healthy and doesn’t make you sick!
  • Accessible for everyone
    • This includes, but is not limited to, people with mobility issues have access to a home.
  • Secure in tenure
    • If you can be kicked out of your rental at any time, or interest rates changes can easily tip you over the edge, you are not in a secure home.
  • In an appropriate Location.
    • Our homes should have access to social facilities such as supermarkets, transport routes, schools, employment, healthcare, and marae. 
  • Having access to Core Services
    • Power, water, other vital infrastructure.

• Culturally Adequate

• • Cultures and communities of multi-generational families deserve a home too.

The Right also includes;

• Active Participation
  • “Our coordination group” gives life to this.
• Informed Policymaking

In Aotearoa, the Right to a Decent Home must also be grounded in Te Tiriti o Waitangi.