71. Nine hundred and sixty children die per year as a result of overcrowding.66 Sixteen percent of New Zealand children live in a crowded house (defined as households requiring one or more additional bedrooms).67 Māori, Pacific and Asian children are significantly more likely than Eurpoean children to live in a crowded house – 23% of Māori and 50% of Pacific children live in overcrowded households.68 Those from solo parent families (70% of whom are Women)are more likely to live in inadequate housing. 72. Māori home ownership rates have declined from 75 % in 1926 to 28.2% in 2013. The consequence of this decline in home ownership was an increase in the number of Māori whānau who became long-term renters, either in the private sector or as Housing New Zealand tenants.69 73. Māori make up 14% of the New Zealand population but comprise: ➢ 34.5% of those who live in severe housing deprivation ➢ 34.5% of all Housing NZ tenants (Social housing) ➢ 28.2% of all Accommodation Supplement recipients. 74. In 2013 Pacific home ownership was 18.5%.70 As a result a large number of community housing tenants are Pacific people.71 Pacific people make up approximately 7 % of the population but comprise: ➢ 25% of those who live in severe housing deprivation72 ➢ 27% of all Housing NZ tenants (Social housing)73 75. A project on Housing and Disability commissioned jointly by the Centre for Housing Research and the Office for Disability Issues in 2007 found that there is considerable unmet need for accessible, safe, warm, and comfortable housing for people with mobility impairments.74 The report noted that the demand for such housing is likely to increase as the number of people 66 http://www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/New-Zealand-2015-overview.pdf Supra note 52. 68 Ibid. 69 Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, (July, 2014), He Whare Āhuru, he Oranga Tāngata: Māori Housing Strategy 2014-2025, at p 4. Available at: http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/housingproperty/Māori-housing-strategy/document-image-library/strategy.pdf 70 http://www.stats.govt.nz/Census/2013-census/profile-and-summary-reports/quickstats-abouthousing/home-ownership-individuals.aspx 71 http://www.mbie.govt.nz/info-services/infrastructure-growth/pacific-economic-development/documentsimage-library/mbie-pacific-economic-strategy.pdf 72 University of Otago, Sever Housing Deprivation: The problem and its measurement (2013), http://www.statisphere.govt.nz/further-resources-and-info/official-statistics-research/series/2013/severehousing-deprivation.aspx 73 Housing New Zealand, Briefing to Incoming Minister 2014, http://www.hnzc.co.nz/our-publications/briefingto-the-incoming-minister/briefing-for-the-minister-of-housing-2014/briefing-for-the-incoming-minister2014.pdf 74 http://www.chranz.co.nz/pdfs/housing-and-disability-future-proofing-new-zealands-housing-stock-for-aninclusive-society-bulletin.pdf 67 15