Research and Policy
Implications for policy and programme development
The Healthy Housing programme evaluation has provided rare evidence of the potential of housing solutions as a catalyst for achieving wider social outcomes. This has been recognised in changes to a whole of government approach to addressing persistent disadvantage which now includes housing more centrally than previously.
The evaluation has been an integral part of Healthy Housing with the programme responding quickly to any improvements suggested by the evaluation. Healthy Housing has used the evidence provided by the evaluation and worked closely with other business groups in the Housing New Zealand to achieve the best possible outcomes for tenants.
The evaluation provided one of the inspirations for further research. Research and Evaluation are undertaking a project with the objectives to:
- understand how houses are used to achieve/not achieve healthy environments
- develop a typology of house usage that results in health environments
- suggest changes to the ways houses are used so that they are more healthy.
Further information
This paper is based on reports prepared by Auckland UniServices on the outcomes evaluation (2005-2007)
Auckland UniServices Ltd (2003) Evaluation of the Healthy Housing Pilot January 2001-June 2002. August.
Duignan, Paul and Michael Baker (2003) Healthy Housing Programme Intervention Logic and Literature Review Summary Report. October.
Auckland UniServices Ltd (2005) The Health Housing Programme: Report on the Outcomes Evaluation (year one) August.
Auckland UniServices Ltd (2006) The Health Housing Programme: Report on the Outcomes Evaluation (year two) September.
Auckland UniServices Ltd (2007) The Health Housing Programme: Report on the Outcomes Evaluation (year three) May.
Laing, Patricia, Bernacchi, Alan, Baker, Annette and Liz McDonald (2007) Towards an Evaluation of the Healthy Housing Programme using RENTEL Data. July.
For more information contact:
Research and Evaluation team
Housing New Zealand Corporation
28 Grey Street
PO Box 2628
Wellington
(04)-439-3000
