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Maori Housing Trends

The Māori Housing Trends Report 2009, Te Tirohanga ki nga Whare a Ngai Maori, informs the development of housing policy and Housing New Zealand's Māori work programme.

The report provides an overview of Māori population dynamics, examines current housing trends and outcomes for Māori, and considers the implications of likely population change for future Māori housing needs.

It is a useful resource for other government and non government agencies whose polices intersect with housing.

Some of the key findings in the 2009 report are:

• In 2009, Māori account for 27 percent of all Accommodation Supplement (AS) recipients.
• When compared with European, and Pacific AS recipients, the proportion of Māori AS recipients who own their home is smallest, and the proportion of single parents is highest.
• The number of people receiving the AS significantly increased between 2008 and 2009, increasing the most for Māori (by 15 percent) when compared with European (by 12 percent), or Pacific Peoples (by 11 percent).
• In March 2009, Māori were the Corporation's largest tenant group (75,255 occupants).
• By 2026, the Māori population is expected to have grown by 31 percent (from 2006).

To address some of the issues raised in the report, Housing New Zealand is piloting an innovative approach to develop affordable housing for Māori.

The Māori Demonstration Partnerships project aims to partner with a small number of iwi, Māori and key stakeholders in 2009/10.

The Government set aside $5 million of the Housing Innovation Fund to pilot this approach. Submissions for these new partnerships closed in September 2009 and Housing New Zealand received 16 applications.

A joint work programme between Housing New Zealand and Te Puni Kōkiri is underway to enable a pragmatic and coordinated response to declining rates of Māori home ownership and the continuing problem of substandard rural housing. The programme will enable the two agencies to identify and share resources and knowledge. It assumes that applying a whānau-based Māori world view to housing policy development will result in better long term outcomes.

Housing New Zealand's Maori Strategic Plan Te Au Roa, enables the development of affordable Maori housing and sustainable communities.