Current Research Projects

Professor Nevil Pierse bringing together world-leading experts to ensure that Aotearoa’s housing support system is sustainable, effective and whanau-centred.

Professor Nevil Pierse and Professor Philippa Howden-Chapman bring interventions to help Kiwis live in warm, dry, mould-free and safe homes

Across the world, people in a broad range of professions live in housing provided by their employers. Yet little is known about life in employer-provided housing. This project investigates how a single relationship that secures both housing and employment affects experiences of home, and analyses differences over time and between different sectors of workers. 

He Kāinga Oranga team members are working in partnership with Raukawa and The Lever Room on the Raukawa Energy Innovation Project, an iwi-led initiative to address energy hardship and help transform the lives of whānau living in South Waikato.

Dr Brodie Fraser Postdoctoral Fellow researches Takatāpui/LGBTQI+ peoples' experiences of housing stability.

Has life during COVID-19 changed energy use and rates of energy poverty?

Evaluation of the implementation of ‘Housing First’