Better explanations for decent homes

We all deserve decent homes that meet our different needs.

When our homes are warm, dry, well ventilated, and support our wellbeing we can all live well. This means being able to get work and get to work, and participate in school and community. At the moment, our homes aren’t doing a good enough job for too many people in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Being intentional and consistent about how we talk about decent homes can help change this. Change is possible when more people:

  • see the job our homes do in enabling us to live healthy lives
  • understand what is getting in the way of people having access to decent homes
  • support and demand the actions and solutions that enable all people, at every stage of life, to live in decent homes.

All people working for decent homes can use how they communicate to build understanding and support. Whether you’re working 1:1 in family homes, doing or talking about research, designing technical solutions, making policy decisions, or advocating for regulation and legislation changes, how you talk matters.

How you can use these tools and resources

These tools and resources are designed to make it easier for you to explain decent homes in ways that people understand and connect with. Consistently using the same narratives, values and explanations can shift the way many people think about decent homes and their impacts on our lives. We invite you to:

  • pick up and use the messages as is in your own organsiation or movement
  • create your own communications based on the evidence-based narrative and framing approaches in our Toolkit resources
  • share these resources with others working for decent homes 
  • share these resources with others working across different sectors and issues for collective health and wellbeing outcomes

Case Studies

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System Explainer
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