Housing Services

We provide housing services for youth needing supported living arrangements; people who are chronically homeless; people needing help to retain their Housing NZ tenancy, and people receiving community mental health services. We welcome referrals for these services.

 

Aka Matua – Supported Accommodation for Youth
Service Manager: Vine Isaiah
This service is for 16 to 19-year-olds who are eligible to be on the Ministry of Social Development’s Social Housing Register.
Accommodation is in Pt Chevalier, Papatoetoe, Mangere and Manurewa.

 

Māhuri – Supported Living for Youth
Service Manager: Vine Isaiah
This service is for 17 to 20-year-olds who have been under the care of Tamariki Ora.
Accommodation is in Papatoetoe and Ellerslie.

 

Supported Accommodation
Service Managers: Ana Maria Sio-Nielsen and Matekitawhiti Chase
We support shared accommodation in 4-5 bedroom houses for people receiving community mental health services.

• Tōtara Whakaruruhau (St Johns) for Maori men;
• Tiverton Bottom House (New Windsor) for men;
• Tiverton Top House (New Windsor) for women;
• Webster (Mt Roskill) for men;
• Surrey (Grey Lynn) as a mixed house

 

Whare Taupua – Housing First 
Service Managers: Fritz Von Heiderbrandt, Tarati Blair-Hunt and Hopere Chase
We are housing people who have been homeless for 12 months or more, applying the principles of Housing First. We are part of a number of Housing First Auckland, a collective working together to end homelessness in Auckland.
We are a member of Housing First, Auckland – www.housingfirst.co.nz
Location: West and Central Auckland

 

Whare Toko – Sustaining Tenancies
Service Manager: Vine Isaiah
We support people  who have a Housing NZ tenancy and who need assistance to retain this tenancy.
Location: West and Central Auckland