The Warmer Healthier Homes Te Tau Ihu Charitable Trust has celebrated the milestone of 3000 warm healthy homes in the region since its inception in 2014.
Warmer Healthier Homes Te Tau Ihu provides insulation grants to the Nelson, Tasman, and Marlborough regions, aiming to support the people most in need by improving insulation and heating efficiency in their homes.
At the cake cutting event last week, chairman of the Charitable Trust, Leeson Baldey acknowledged the support of local funding partnerships and said it is the perfect example of when community organisations, Local and Central governments come together to deliver results.
“It is quite unique.”
"We have a group of like-minded volunteers, who have delivered 3000 healthy homes, a lot of which are densely populated and therefore we have impacted almost 10,000 people,” Leeson says.
Becoming law on 1 July 2019, the healthy homes standard introduced specific and minimum standards for heating, insulation, ventilation, moisture ingress and drainage, and draught stopping in rental properties.
Cold and damp housing has been found to be a contributing factor in respiratory disease, poor mental health and an exacerbation of chronic conditions and sadly New Zealand has very high rates of asthma and respiratory infections – with children, the elderly and those on lower incomes being worse off.
