Te Ohu Whakawhanaun­ga Tama­ki Makau­rau is a broad-based organ­i­sa­tion of over 40 faith, union, and com­mu­ni­ty organ­i­sa­tions, build­ing rela­tion­ships and work­ing togeth­er across reli­gious, polit­i­cal, cul­tur­al lines to have a seat at the deci­sion-mak­ing table on the issues that mat­ter to us.

One of the major chal­lenges fac­ing our com­mu­ni­ties is Hous­ing. Every­where we go, the hous­ing cri­sis is hav­ing an impact. Because of this, Hous­ing has become a core work­stream of our com­mu­ni­ty alliance, and we have agreed to launch our alliance with a focus on the Right to a Decent Home.

This year’s focus on housing

The focus of our alliance for this elec­tion is to build a rela­tion­ship with polit­i­cal lead­ers to work togeth­er on solv­ing the hous­ing cri­sis. Too often a strong com­mu­ni­ty voice is left out of deci­sion when it comes to our hous­ing sys­tem. Te Ohu Tama­ki is a unit­ed voice that can have a seat at that table.

As well as this, we want to con­tin­ue the role of pub­lic hous­ing in our city as get­ting peo­ple into homes. Our mem­ber organ­i­sa­tions have seen the suc­cess of Pub­lic Hous­ing in their com­mu­ni­ty, as it plays an impor­tant role in ensur­ing people’s Right to a Decent Home is being met. Te Ohu Tama­ki wants to see the role of Pub­lic Hous­ing con­tin­ue, and be built on, in addi­tion to oth­er impor­tant mod­els and pro­grammes too.

The 2023 Elec­tion Call to Action from Te Ohu Tama­ki is:

If elect­ed, do you com­mit in your term:

1. To con­tin­ue to increase the state/public hous­ing stock in Tama­ki Makau­rau by build­ing new stock at least at the cur­rent net build rate of 1000 hous­es a year.

This fig­ure is based on the cur­rent build rate and invest­ment in Pub­lic Hous­ing in Auck­land planned until 2024. The call to action here is to con­tin­ue the invest­ment in new con­struc­tion.

2. To meet with rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Te Ohu Tama­ki on a quar­ter­ly basis to build a rela­tion­ship between com­mu­ni­ty and Gov­ern­ment, and dis­cuss mat­ters relat­ing to the Right to a Decent Home in Auck­land.

We would like to estab­lish a work­ing rela­tion­ship with all polit­i­cal par­ties begin­ning in the next Par­lia­men­tary term.

For any ques­tions, con­cerns, or queries, please do not hes­i­tate to con­tact Mar­lon Drake at 02102332471, or over email at marlon@teohu.community