22 August 2023
Bev was invited to be a keynote speaker at the July 2023 ASEM Forum on Human Rights of Older Persons: Present and Future – Ageing in Place. The following presentation and article were done at the invitation of the ASEM Global Ageing Center, an international human-rights hub based in Seoul, Korea, that promotes and […]
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10 November 2022
AHFG researcher Dr Bev James talks to Jimmy Ellingham for Midday Report on what more can be done to increase housing supply, but warns there is no quick fix. Listen via the link below: Midday Report interview
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1 November 2022
Launched 2nd of November at the Moa Crescent Kaumātua village in Kirikiriroa this book is an information resource to promote better housing for our ageing population. It presents research exploring why changes are needed to our housing system, looks at some imaginative opportunities and shares the housing experiences and aspirations of kaumātua, pakeke and seniors. […]
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18 June 2022
AHFG researchers Dr Bev James and Dr Kay Saville-Smith submitted evidence from their research to Marlborough District Councils long-term plan hearings recommending rents on pensioner housing be capped. See stuff article here
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4 October 2021
In a single generation New Zealand has transformed itself from a home-owning democracy into a society fractured by property wealth — between those who have it, and those who do not. How did it happen and what is it doing to us? Researcher Kay Saville-Smith talks to Rebecca Macfie about the evidence from her BBHTC […]
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1 September 2021
AHFG research co-leader Dr Kay Saville-Smith talks to The Panel about Seniors Housing Security. link
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1 January 2021
Scott Figenshow and Kay Saville-Smith detail the housing policy impacts of successive governments over the first two decades of the 21st Century, and comment on current and future issues policy makers may have to contend with in their housing chapter in Hassall, G. and Karacaoglu (eds) 2020, Social Policy Practice and Processes in Aotearoa New […]
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30 November 2020
Dr Kay Saville-Smith has recently had a chapter published, ‘From Vicious to virtuous: repositioning New Zealand’s housing to sustain better later lives’ In Judd B., Tanoue K., and Liu E., (eds) Ageing in Place: Design, Planning and Policy Response in the Western Asia-Pacific Region. More information on the book is available here. Dr Bev James […]
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30 September 2020
In September Dr Kay Saville-Smith, Co-leader for AHFG gave a webinar on ‘Navigating the Housing System’ as part of the NZIA 2020 Webinar Series. You can watch the webinar here.
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19 September 2020
Citing the CRESA report for BBHTC on Ancillary Dwelling Units, reporter Tim Newman writes on some current issues for those wanting to subdivide in Nelson, as the local council prepares to release it’s Whakamahere Whakatū Nelson Plan next month. Link to full article here.
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As part of their Close to Home series on housing issues, Samantha Gee reports on the growing demand for social housing and talks to Dr Kay Saville-Smith about changes in the housing system. You can read the full article here.
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6 September 2020
A new article featuring work from three of the AHFG team published on-line September 2020, journal due December 2020. James, B., Bates, L, Coleman, T., Kearns, R., and Cram F. (2020) Tenure Insecurity, precarious housing and hidden homelessness among older renters in NZ. Read the abstract here.
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31 August 2020
Dr Kay Saville-Smith comments on the challenges we face as homeownership becomes increasingly unattainable for many New Zealanders and the number of people renting into retirement, often in poor quality or unsuitable dwellings, increase. This issue is evident not just in Nelson but increasingly a problem in urban areas nationwide. Link to full article here.
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30 June 2020
On the publications page you’ll find recent Research Bulletins from AHFG research team members, Michael Rehm and Yang Yang – writing on Housing Speculation in Auckland, and Dr Bev James looking at Older People’s Housing experiences during Covid-19, and the use of housing as the base for care and support.
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8 May 2020
AHFG team co-leader Dr Kay Saville-Smith spoke to Mani Dunlop on RNZ Midday Report about the finding in the team’s recent research bulletin that some essential workers are living in overcrowed homes – putting housemates and whanau at additional risk. https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/middayreport/audio/2018745693/essential-workers-struggle-with-overcrowding-at-home
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4 May 2020
A BBHTC Research Bulletin from Affordable Housing for Generations researchers Dr Kay Saville-Smith and Ian Mitchell, exploring housing affordability, crowding and tenure for essential workers working under Covid-19 lockdown levels 3 & 4 has been added to the BBHTC website and is available for download now.
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30 March 2020
The proportion of older Māori (55+ years) living in rental accommodation is set to rise as home ownership continues to become less attainable. Fiona Cram and Morehu Muroe detail findings from interviews with older Maori renters living the Hawkes Bay. The full article is available now for download from AlterNative with an asbtract available here.
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12 March 2020
Two advisory groups have been established to provide expert advice to the Affordable Housing for Generations research programme – a research advisers group and a research practitioners group. A list of the current advisory group members can be found here.
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