The Salvation Army has dipped into its reserves to help people who were turned down by Work and Income pay for rental housing bonds. About four people have come into the Salvation Army Manukau office in the last two days to ask for help to get into new accommodation. Salvation Army policy analyst Alan Johnson Read more
Posts Tagged ‘homelessness’
Housing crisis: to ignore the poor is to despise God
Friday, May 20th, 2016
On Wednesday Pope Francis was warning that to ignore the poor is to despise God and that the Lord’s mercy for us is tightly connected to our own mercy for others. His warning came in the same week that New Zealand was featured in one of United Kingdom’s national newspapers in a story about the New Zealand Read more
The homeless man and Laudato Si’
Friday, August 7th, 2015
I got on to the train late on Friday evening a few weeks ago, the day after Laudato Si’ had been released. Working in Catholic media as I do, I had already had the opportunity to read it in full (I love my job!). When I stepped on to the train, I didn’t go up Read more
Many homeless people in Auckland living in cars
Friday, June 19th, 2015Auckland City Mission homeless outreach worker Charlotte Ama counted about 30 people living in cars and vans when she took NZ Herald reporters on a guided tour of the old Tank Farm area on the waterfront last Monday night. At times, she says, there are up to 50. Reporter Simon Collins and photographer Jason Oxenham Read more
House for homeless women making a difference
Tuesday, November 18th, 2014
One year after opening its doors, the Wellington Homeless Women’s Trust House has become an established part of the Wellington social sector says Helen Wilson, the Trust’s the House manager. She says she is particularly proud of their new relationship with Arohata Prison, which is now a referrer to the Trust. Wilson says some of the Read more
Charity worker, 90, faces jail for feeding the homeless
Tuesday, November 11th, 2014
An American charity worker and two pastors face jail and fines for feeding the homeless at a Florida beachfront park. But 90-year-old Arnold Abbott, who runs the Love Thy Neighbour organisation, has vowed to continue the beachfront feedings at Fort Lauderdale. Fort Lauderdale’s city authority passed a new ordinance last month which tightens restrictions on Read more
Mother of 2 pays $375 a week for caravan park cabin
Friday, October 31st, 2014
Mother-of-two Mandy pays $375 a week for the one-bedroom caravan park cabin she shares with her two children aged 10 and 12. They moved to Western Park Village in Ranui, west Auckland, at Christmas as a last resort. “I hate it here,” she said. “I want to move out, I want my own place. There’s Read more
First count of those sleeping rough on Wellington’s streets
Tuesday, August 12th, 2014Wellington’s first ever count of those sleeping rough on the streets found 15 people fitting this description in the city and suburbs on the morning of August 8 Rough sleepers were counted on every downtown city block and in known locations for such people in suburban areas. Fifty volunteers helped in the count between 4am and Read more
More women, kids, homeless in Christchurch
Friday, September 20th, 2013Emergency housing and shelters are struggling to cope with the growing number of homeless women and children in Christchurch city. The Christchurch City Mission and YWCA say they are inundated with women and children desperately seeking emergency housing – at levels never seen before. Both say they have to turn away people, with the YWCA Read more