10-11-2024, 04:42 PM
(10-11-2024, 11:36 AM)Oh_hunnihunni Wrote: 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.Thats what I figured re my age and ethnicity. Hence deciding to get on the list now. I know I could very easily live a better life, rather than existing which is how I feel now. And oddly it would actually save the country some money lol.
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.
My aunt is the Daughter of a Māori chief. I wish I could use her as family, but only an Aunt by marriage lol.
First step is getting on the list..
I was talking to my friend before, Housing NZ wanted her 3 bedroom house for a family, so they moved her into a 2 bedroom flat. But she said her old house went to a single woman and one child. lol
But Ill try never the less. And I know my life would be far better than it is now.

