17. Housing – Article 28
a.)
Please provide data (from Housing New Zealand Corporation and Ministry of Social
Development and other relevant sources of data) as to:
a.
average time for people requiring disability-related modified housing
b.
median time for people requiring disability-related modified housing
c.
number of people requiring disability-related modified housing
d.
proportion of people requiring disability-related modified housing
e.
the number of housing modification grants over the past five years (with a
breakdown for grants for owner-occupied homes and privately rented houses.)
f.
the number of HNZC houses that have been built or modified for disability-related
reasons over the past five years and what proportion of the HNZC housing stock
has been modified?
Background information on each of the above issues is included at Appendix 1. In addition,
attached at Appendix 2 is a table recording progress in implementing the Committee’s 2014
concluding observations.
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