CHA AGM 20112010 – a watershed year?

Aug-Sept 2010

Govt-appointed Housing

Shareholders’Advisory Group

July-Aug 2010

Right to Housing - Human Rights

Commission

PLUS

CHAMaori Housing

recommendations

… and whatever the Minister said earlier today!

Ministerial Housing Advisory

Group

Right to Housing -Human Rights Commission

• Current levels of commitment to social housing “fall well short of international standards”

• Calls for an increase in the supply and diversity of social housing provision -“including through partnerships between central and local government and civil society ”

• Said the ability of third parties to supply social housing has been limited as a consequence of current policy settings. Many countries are grappling with similar issues but NZ has failed, as yet, to adopt or vigorously pursue some of the pathway strategies observed offshore.

• A vision that is worth reading in full, and that includes: A future in which all providers of social housing play to their natural strengths, concentrating on core activities that they do best.

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Housing issues on the move?:

CHA’s critical engagement… + survey

July-Aug 2010

Right to Housing

- Human Rights Commission

• Housing is a primary determinant of health and well-being – it is indivisible from other rights

• Too often the right to housing is interpreted in a narrow or restrictive sense + some of the ‘language sets’ applied to housing can be a concern

• State Housing = Public Housing, whereas CH = missing piece of housing jigsaw

• Elements of: Accessibility / Affordability / Habitability / Location plus Types of Tenure / Costs of Services / Cultural Adequacy

• Need for further investigation by HRC

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Housing issues on the move?:

CHA’s critical engagement… + survey

Aug-Sept 2010

Govt-appointed Housing

Shareholders’Advisory Group

• Not enough done to examine innovative approaches to social (non-market) housing

• Missed opportunity to expand on ‘social landlord’aspects versus ‘public sector landlord’

• Little regard for the existence of a nascent Maori housing ‘sector’ as one of several ‘niches’

• Agreement that organisational arrangements, behaviour and priorities need to change and full support for a strengthened provider base for servicing the ‘social sector’ of housing

Feedback from CHA members and from CHA’s 20 page submission was picked up on (as released 19 October)

On Labour Weekend (24 October) an additional report was released: Implications of Stakeholder Feedback

• It placed an emphasis on developing “credible, private sector providers of scale” (page 5)

• The ability of NGOs to contribute across the whole housing spectrum was recognised (page 6)

• The timeframe for NGOs/ community organisations to gain scale is given as 5 to 10 years

What now?

The key passage for CHA…

A solid foundation of skills and preparedness is there to be developed given:

• the right policy environment

• an intention to develop, not frustrate and fragment, third-party providers

• Innovative schemes to strengthen the financial resources (Profit and Loss, and balance sheet) of “approved” organisations.

• Building the sector’s capabilities and balance sheet remains a key recommendation.

• THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL …

What now?

PRIVATE

PUBLIC

Community

The big picture…

Social housing

A NEW working vision being finalised:

Arriving at a ‘shared high level aspiration’ e.g.

CHA’s vision/ is:

… to extend and strengthen housing options designed to meet the needs of every person and every community in Aotearoa New Zealand (compares well to earlier emphasis on broader choice & strength)

Now is the time to build on strategic planning (Sept. 2010)… with solid starting points…

Now is the time to build on strategic planning (Sept. 2010)… with solid starting points…

A NEW working mission being finalised:

CHA’s mission is:… to grow the community housing sector by demonstrating and reinforcing the ability of community-oriented housing organisations to collectively contribute to ambitious growth targets for the provision of recognised and diverse housing options that have proven advantages over existing models; together

operating as an enterprising, viable and socially

motivated segment of the overall housing sector in Aotearoa New Zealand.

One solid

foundation

+ many rooms with

many doors

What we want to build & promote

with you…

Credible

conduit

Connecting

capacity/ capabilities

Constructive critic &

conscience

Continuity &

consistency

Carrying forward well-

known kaupapa

Creating

clarity

Now is the time to get the foundation or ‘platform principles’ right…

Advocacy needs Substance

… and the right ATTITUDE

from the ground up

The policy ground is shifting in

what could be a highly promising

way. Sound/ visible ‘joined up’leadership is vital for CHA

members to play a role in future

opportunities.

Now is the time to build on strategic planning (Sept. 2010)…

Getting to the ‘top table’ is happening but it’s happening

slowly; time is ticking!! There are

actions we can take and are taking in anticipation of CHANGE.

What might happen if we don’t build on strategic planning…

Hidden weaknesses/ traps?:

• risk of trying to be something

we’re not – all things to all people

• risk of continually going round and round in repetitive

circles

• the proposition of what

Community Housing has to offer is too ‘hard to grasp’ – need to

keep it simple and tap into existing

resources (members, research etc)

What might happen if we don’t build on strategic planning…

Untapped strengths?:

• operating horizontally

across many issues and

sub-sectors (esp. social

services) & within NGO sector for good alignments

and relationships

• no other ‘peak body’ is

seeking to have an open

national voice - be that aimed

at public opinion or at public

policy

CHA AGM 2011Hatching a campaign!

What can CHA do with & for you,

that you can’t do alone (at a national level)?

One Campaign vs many Workstreams

Planning so far has identified a number of workstreams, some of which double as deliverables for satisfying our HNZC contract.There are several emerging themes or strands:

• Maori housing / Pacific capacity

• Our neighbourhood, our community

• Community development throughcommunity ownership

• Delivering secure homes/ tenure

• (Expanded) Warm Up NZ

• Auckland strategy

• TLA partnerships

PLUS … multiple message streams…

2011 is an election year with some of the

myriad opportunities that will pose…

SO what do we prioritise??? What comes

first… the chicken or the egg??

…the awareness or the advocacy??

... one overarching campaign or many??

Election year 2008…

STEP ONE – designing our position

Work in progress – Grow CHOs

An ‘overarching’ poster design– to be used for awareness and identity

raising – positioning ‘community housing’in a creative light

Work in progress – Many Doors

An advocacy campaign poster –designed to be flexible enough to

carry a series of easy to grasp messages

STEP ONE – designing our position

Work in progress – Grow CHOs

An ‘overarching’ poster design– to be used for awareness and identity

raising – positioning ‘community housing’

in a creative light

Benefits of community housing

Pre-requisites for community housing

Draft

Room for sponsors :)

STEP ONE – designing our position

Work in progress – Many Doors

An advocacy campaign poster –designed to be flexible enough to carry a series of easy to grasp

messages – a changeable

platform

Let’s make Wellington the city where no-one is left out in the cold

Houses for people begin with people for Houses

Building secure new lives depends on providing doorways to safe and secure homes

Where will you live when you’re older? Looking for options starts now

Houses without community are empty placesthey are the people – he tangata, he tangata, he tangata

STEP TWO – creating momentum

Work in progress - Doorways

An eight page quarterly publication –working title of DOORWAYS – first one in

December, with ‘themed issues’ in 2011

Work in progress – LAUNCH!

HOUSING AWARENESS WEEK 2011 – in discussion with possible

‘partners’

7

Two

showcase stories/

cases in point

6

Two

showcase stories/

cases in point

5

Centre

spread –sector

overview

4

Centre

spread –sector

overview

8

Back Page –

Human

interest

3

Brief items

(3 cols)

2

Opening columns

x2

1

Welcome

2011Yes or No?Yes or No?Yes or No?

HOUSING AWARENESS WEEK 2011 ?

March 21 to March 27

Media potential etc.

• CHA conference –

Auckland (Tues-Weds)

• Coalition to End

Homelessness Forum –Auckland (Thurs)

• Lifewise –NEIGHBOURS DAY(weekend of 26-27 March)

+ others, local potential etc.

December 2010 March 2011January 2011 February 2011

Awareness CelebrationParticipation Engagement

INCREASE Communication & co-ordination*

IDENTIFY Hot housing issues &“how and when” to respond*

INCREASE Advocacy & awareness/ education*

#1 CHA can be your CHAmpion!… in an ongoing ‘campaigning for the sector’ sense

CHA’s Council & staff have started planning ways CHA can within our limited resources be actively doing more to …

<* WORKSHOPS AVAILABLE!>

What can CHA do with & for you, that you

can’t do alone (at a national level)?

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