Youth Emergency Housing Crisis Response Plan
KARANGA MAI TĀMAKI
Mā Te Huruhuru and Manaaki Rangatahi are urgently calling for a regional hui to SAVE OUR HOMELESS TAITAMARIKI in Tāmaki. The crisis we are facing is dire, and we can no longer stand by as our taitamariki are left without a safe place to call home. Homelessness in Tāmaki has risen by an alarming 65% in just the last 4 months. This is a crisis that affects us all, and it’s happening right now, in our own backyard.
Venue: Lifeskills, 59 Tidal Road, Māngere
Time: 9am – 2pm
Date: 28 March 2025
Bring: A plate of kai to share
Facilitated by: Kaye Maree Dunn, MEA
This is not just another meeting – it’s a call to action! We cannot afford to delay. Our tamariki are suffering, and we must take immediate steps to address this crisis. This hui is our chance to come together and create an "Emergency Housing Crisis Response Plan" that will provide real, actionable solutions for the youth of Tāmaki.
We need YOU to show up. This is a community-wide emergency, and if we don’t act now, things will only get worse.
If not now, then when?
If not you, then who?
The time is NOW, Tāmaki.
If we don’t unite in this moment, who will? Our tamariki need us, and the responsibility is on us to make a difference.
A massive mihi to Lifeskills for allowing us to use their space for this crucial hui.
Please share, spread the word, and show up. Together, we are the solution.
#KarangaMaiTāmaki #MāTeHuruhuru #ManaakiRangatahi #HousingCrisis #OurTamarikiOurFuture #ActNow
Pre-reading Material
Reports
Manaaki Rangatahi 6 Calls to Action HERE
Manaaki Rangatahi is calling for bipartisan support to respond to the urgent human rights crisis of youth homelessness facing Aotearoa.
We present a powerful call to action to address the pressing issue of youth homelessness in our country. We implore you to consider the following proposals, backed by strong rationale and evidence, as we strive towards a world without young individuals experiencing homelessness.
Systems Prevention of Youth Homelessness HERE
This report is one of a six-part series on youth homelessness prevention, drawing from The Roadmap for the Prevention of Youth Homelessness (Gaetz et al., 2018). The Roadmap is designed
to support a paradigm shift to prevention by providing a clear definition of youth homelessness prevention, offering a framework and common language for prevention policy and practice, reviewing the evidence for prevention, and highlighting practice examples from around the world. Each report in the series explores one element of youth homelessness prevention, providing a framework for targeted action and change in that area.
Kainga Strategic Action Plan 2018 HERE
This strategic action plan has been developed in response to the Auckland Māori Housing Summit, 2018, where there was a call for an action plan to improve housing outcomes for Māori in Auckland. Development of this plan has been led by the Independent Māori Statutory Board (Board, IMSB), with the key support of Te Matapihi, and in collaboration with a range of stakeholders including whānau and community. It proposes a range of actions and suggests action holders from community to government, based on existing roles and responsibilities
Homeless Action Plan HERE
This action plan sets out new immediate actions to be put in place in 2020 and provides a road map for longer-term actions across the first phase of the plan (2020-2023) to prevent and reduce homelessness. This is a comprehensive central government-led and cross-agency plan that has bee developed to prevent and reduce homelessness.
Litimus Report HERE
Final summative and formative evaluation report on the Homelessness Action Plan (HAP)
For Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga / Ministry of Housing and Urban Development
22 January 2025
Yukon Territorial Youth Strategy 2024 HERE
The Territorial Youth Strategy (TYS) is a collaborative effort between many
diverse stakeholders throughout the Yukon including young people, youthserving organizations, businesses, community members, and all levels of
government. The TYS has evolved from many years of collaborations between
these groups. We invite all groups interested in supporting Yukon youth to join
the collaborative effort and ask that groups consider what role they might play in
the TYS. The TYS draws inspiration from the 7 generations concept and the
Changing the Story to Upholding Dignity and Justice: Yukon’s Missing and
Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-spirit+ People Strategy (Yukon
Advisory Committee, 2020), and with permission has used the process and
product of that strategy as a guide.
Videos
TV1 News Article HERE
7 February 2025
Youtube link HERE
CFCA webinar: Intervening early to prevent youth homelessness Lessons from the Geelong Project