HomeFit

15/01/2023

https://thehomeswedeserve.org.nz/
A large and unprecedented new alliance of business, health, sustainability, environmental, consumer, building and housing organisations are today calling on all political parties to prioritise a ‘pollution busting home reno programme’ for hundreds of thousands of homes if elected.

Consumer NZ, the Asthma and Respiratory Foundation, Greenpeace Aotearoa, the Sustainable Business Network, Lawyers for Climate Action, the New Zealand Institute of Building, Bayleys, Vector, JLL, Bunnings, Architectural Designers New Zealand, Sustainability Trust, Community Housing Aotearoa, the Insulation Association of New Zealand, Knauf Insulation, Beca, Community Energy Network, Passive House Institute New Zealand, SuperHome Movement, eHaus, Inzide, Architectus, Professor Robyn Phipps, and the Green Building Council have joined forces to ask political parties to promise a ‘fully funded ambitious’ roll out to improve at least 200,000 homes.

Find out more, and join the call below

We’re calling on every political party to promise now that, if part of the next government, they will have within six months of being elected a fully funded ambitious plan to roll out a pollution-busting home reno programme for at least 200,000 homes homes within nine years which will:

22/11/2022

Did you see us on the Project?

26/05/2021

In New Zealand we have children waking up in cold bedrooms under 4 degrees

A study by BRANZ and The University of Auckland of more than 2000 New Zealand children has found nearly half are sleeping in bedrooms that are too cold - at or below 19C - with the temperature in some rooms dropping to under 4C by the morning.

"It's just really sad that some people don't have the right living conditions," 12 yr old research participant Arya Naidu says

"I believe that every child, every family, deserves to have a warm and dry home that they can just live in and be happy in."

It is sad. We need better, warmer homes that people can afford to heat properly

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/443288/half-of-children-studied-sleeping-in-bedrooms-that-are-too-cold-study-says?fbclid=IwAR1O_vJDjkJ9wK0amvJ_zljj1o5KuSqq0Rxh_nBLzAkBwv532bvXWRT4uZc

A study of more than 2000 New Zealand children has found nearly half are sleeping in bedrooms that are too cold.

12/10/2020

The Healthy Homes Standards are an important step towards ensuring New Zealand's renters live in warm, dry homes. With a HomeFit check you'll get an indication of how a property stacks up, and if it meets the standards.
“We’re encouraging our landlords because it’s a great selling point to have a home that’s warm and dry when it comes to market" Helen O’Sullivan, CEO of Auckland property managers Crockers.

The quest for healthy rentals is often portrayed as a battle between sickly tenants and their merciless landlords. But where do the middlemen (and women) sit on the issue? It's hard not to view New Zealand's quest for liveable rental housing as an intense, politically-charged feud: on one side ar

10/03/2020

11/02/2020

We're really excited to team up with Auckland Council to get our HomeFit certification included on LIM reports from April!

This is a big step towards warmer, drier, healthier homes.
Listen to our chief executive Andrew Eagles on RNZ's Nine to Noon this morning 👇

Auckland residents will soon be able to access more information about the health and safety of their home, with Auckland Council moving to include a home-fit check on a property's LIM report. The Council has teamed up with the Green Building Council, which offers a HomeFit Certification, and from Ap...

26/11/2019

Nobody should have to live in cold, mouldy homes like this. Great to see Hawke's Bay DHB stepping in here

20/11/2019

This morning our CEO Andrew Eagles was on Breakfast to talk about the health of our homes and the picture painted by the 24,000 HomeFit checks done in our first year
- check it out!

"Let's improve New Zealand" 🏡

18/11/2019

A year ago we launched HomeFit to help New Zealanders understand how healthy our homes are and support you in make the necessary changes.
So far we've had more than 24,000 go through the checklist
We know our homes aren't good enough, hopefully we've helped make things easier
If you're renting or a landlord a HomeFit certification also gives peace of mind that the home meets the Residential Tenancies Act and the Health Homes Standards.
If you haven't already, make sure you check out homefit.org.nz

23/07/2019

Some great tips for making improvements to your home that make a big difference. Thanks Nelson, "Treat the cause, not the symptom"! HomeFit is no-nonsense, straightforward way to check those areas in your home that need improvement to ensure it is warm, safe and dry.

23/06/2019

With this cold snap continuing it might pay to think twice before cranking up the temperature dial on every household appliance and spare a thought for your power bill.

What it costs to run your electric blanket and towel rail, boil the jug and take a hot shower.