10-11-2024, 11:36 AM
I live well on super. And having a safe secure affordable - if teeny - home makes that possible. And my choices, second hand everything (except underwear lol!). That's why I think more social housing makes human lives better, saves lives in fact. There is a fascinating little film by Invisible People on youtube at the moment, about homelessness in Finland, and how they solved that issue - and it is all about safe social housing first, with the rest wrapped around it.
But it has to be valued. And for a lot of us it simply isn't...
You might be waiting a while popeye, the list is long. It was long when I applied through HNZ years ago, and I was told my chances as a white, under 60, single, living alone woman were very low. Hitting 60 at just the right time was a saving grace, homelessness was a very real prospect at the time. These days even our kind of housing has a massive waiting list, so it pays to get on that list as soon as you can and wait it out.
But it has to be valued. And for a lot of us it simply isn't...
You might be waiting a while popeye, the list is long. It was long when I applied through HNZ years ago, and I was told my chances as a white, under 60, single, living alone woman were very low. Hitting 60 at just the right time was a saving grace, homelessness was a very real prospect at the time. These days even our kind of housing has a massive waiting list, so it pays to get on that list as soon as you can and wait it out.