Endnotes 1 This Inquiry was initiated in accordance with our general inquiry function as established in the Human Rights Act 1993, section 5(2)(h). 2 Te Kāhui Tika Tangata Human Rights Commission. Aratohu Tika Tangata ki te Whai Whare Rawaka i Aotearoa: Framework Guidelines on the Right to a Decent Home in Aotearoa. Wellington: Human Rights Commission, 2021. https://www.hrc.co.nz/files/7416/2784/4778/ Framework_Guidelines_on_the_Right_to_a_Decent_Home_in_Aotearoa_FINAL.pdf 3 New Zealand governments over the last 50 years have affirmed international human rights declarations and signed up to a range of internationally binding human rights agreements. These include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR); the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples – all of which contain recognition of the right to a decent home or some elements of it. For example, Article 11 of ICESCR requires State Parties to “recognize the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living … including adequate housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions. The States Parties will take appropriate steps to ensure the realization of this right.” These international human rights commitments are ethically compelling, and many of them are binding in international law. See https://www.ohchr.org/en/special-procedures/sr-housing/human-rightadequate-housing for more information. 4 See note 1. 5 Framework Guidelines on the Right to a Decent Home in Aotearoa. 6 Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi Waitangi Tribunal. Kāinga Kore: The Stage One Report of the Housing Policy and Services Kaupapa Inquiry on Māori Homelessness. Wai 2750. Wellington: Waitangi Tribunal, 2023. https://forms.justice.govt.nz/search/ Documents/WT/wt_DOC_197630281/Kainga%20Kore%20W.pdf 7 Kainga Kore, page xiii. 8 Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. “Change in public homes.” April 2023. https://www.hud.govt. nz/stats-and-insights/the-government-housing-dashboard/change-in-public-homes/#tabset 9 Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. Te Tauākī Kaupapa Here a te Kāwanatanga mō te Whakawhanake Whare, Tāone anō hoki: Government Policy Statement on Housing and Urban Development. Wellington: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2021. https://www.hud.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Documents/HUD-GPS_Cabinet-Paper-CMYK-5_3b2-web-3.pdf 10 Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. MAIHI Ka Ora: The National Māori Housing Strategy 2021–2051. Wellington: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2021. https://www.hud.govt.nz/assets/Uploads/Documents/MAIHI-KaOra-Strategy-Document.pdf 11 Just prior to this report going to print, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development released He Oranga Kāinga, He Oranga Hapori – Housing and Urban Development Indicators to track progress towards the long-term goals in the Government Policy Statement and MAIHI Ka Ora over the next five to ten years. The intention of these indicators is to measure change in the whole system, at the national level, rather than specific policies and programmes. These new data indicators now sit alongside MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama – Māori Housing Dashboard, which is intended to show the progress that’s being made across the Māori housing continuum. These system-level measures of progress are important and welcome. Te Tūāpapa Kura Kāinga Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. MAIHI Ka Ora, Ka Mārama – Māori Housing Dashboard. Wellington: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2023. https://www.hud.govt.nz/stats-and-insights/maihi-ka-ora-kamarama/about/ and He Oranga Kāinga, He Oranga Hapori – Housing and Urban Development Indicators. Wellington: Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2023. https://www.hud.govt.nz/stats-and-insights/system-indicators/ 42 12 Farha, Leilani. Report of the Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing as a Component of the Right to an Adequate Standard of Living and on the Right to Non-discrimination in this Context. New York: United Nations General Assembly, 2021. https://documents-dds-ny. un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G21/096/81/PDF/G2109681.pdf?OpenElement 13 Framework Guidelines on the Right to a Decent Home in Aotearoa. 14 The papers include briefings, reviews and an aide-memoire. The full release can be found at https://www.msd.govt.nz/documents/ about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/cabinet-papers/2023/emergency-housing-system-reviewrelease.pdf. 15 The aide-memoire Cabinet Social Wellbeing Committee – Implementing the Reset and Redesign of the Emergency Housing System, dated 5 December 2022, refers at paragraphs 18 to 21 to the Human Rights Commission’s review of emergency and transitional housing, including our draft report’s findings and recommendations. 16 Cabinet External Relations and Security Committee. Establishment of a Human Rights ‘National Mechanism’. ERS-21-Min-0047, 14 December 2021. https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/OIA/OIA-2021-22/ERS-21-MIN-0047-Establishment-of-a-Human-Rights-NationalMechanism.pdf 17 Establishment of a Human Rights ‘National Mechanism’, paragraph 43. Human Rights Commission