Home Truths

Confronting New Zealand’s Housing Crisis

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Pages: 116

RRP: $20.00

ISBN: 9780947492335

ISTC: A022015000000583

DOI: 10.7810/9780947492335

Out of print – digital edition available through ebook retailers and our BWB Collections platform.

The poor standard of current housing, and the inability of too many people on low incomes to access decent housing, is causing a cascade of problems that are avoidable.

Housing affordability. Unhealthy homes. Wealth inequality. Environmental sustainability. Social mobility. The state of New Zealand housing is central to many major issues confronting this country. In this wide-ranging BWB Text, leading international housing researcher Philippa Howden-Chapman reveals how New Zealand has lost its way on housing. This succinct introduction, drawing on two decades of award-winning research, helps chart a new way ahead for housing that is healthy, inclusive and sustainable.

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