Shifting indoors: homelessness and the COVID-19 response in New Zealand

Polly Atatoa Carr, Carole McMinn, Kerry Hawkes and Julie Nelson

Chapter 25 in Research Handbook on Homelessness, 2024, pp 336-348 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: The COVID-19 response in New Zealand focused on elimination and involved a comprehensive plan including population restrictions such as border control, household ‘bubbles’, school and business closures, and strict home isolation. While successfully reducing COVID-19 transmission, morbidity and mortality, this approach also had unintended consequences, particularly for vulnerable groups such as those living without a home. During the first stages of the lockdown period, housing service providers rapidly facilitated emergency accommodation (typically in vacant motels) and all necessary additional supports for the homeless. One such service provider is The People’s Project in the central North Island of New Zealand. Using this case study, this chapter describes the lessons learnt, key opportunities and challenges for delivering an effective social service for a marginalised and stigmatised cohort within the context of pandemic management.

Keywords: Economics and Finance; Geography; Politics and Public Policy Sociology and Social Policy; Urban and Regional Studies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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