Programme
Local Innovation and Partnership Fund
The $16.6 million Local Innovation and Partnership Fund (LIPF) supports local work and projects that respond to and prevent homelessness.
Purpose of the fund
The fund aims to:
- support community organisations, local government, iwi and wider community partners to work together to address homelessness
- support innovative ways of tackling homelessness, address system gaps and improve responses that are tailored to local needs
- prioritise applications that support approaches aimed at reducing reliance on motels for emergency or transitional housing and ending or reducing the most acute forms of homelessness e.g. street homelessness
- fund wider projects to address homelessness where a community need isn’t currently being responded to, or where existing support isn’t enough.
Funding rounds
The Government has made $16.6 million available for the LIPF over three years, as part of the development of the Aotearoa New Zealand Homelessness Action Plan.
Find out more about the Homelessness Action Plan.
The funding is being allocated in rounds.
Round three funding
Applications for round three are now closed.
Any queries about the fund can be emailed to InnovationandPartnership@hud.govt.nz
Round three timeline
Applications opened: 1 November 2022
Applications closed: 31 January 2023
Applicants can expect to be notified of the outcome of funding decisions in July 2023.
Round two funding
Close to $6 million was allocated in round two in 2022. Funding focused on work that supported one or more of the following vulnerable groups:
- wāhine/women
- rangatahi/young people
- kaumātua/older people
- Māori
- Pasifika
- rural communities and
- other groups at risk of homelessness.
|
Provider |
Partners |
Project |
Amount |
|
E Tipu E Rea Whānau Services (Auckland) |
Ngati Paoa Iwi Trust Lifewise Auckland Council |
Development of high level financial and business systems/structures to prepare E Tipu E Rea's for the processes and demands of running a housing complex. The initiative targets teen parent(s) who are experiencing homelessness, mostly Pasifika and Māori. |
$850,000 |
|
Enabled Wairoa (East Coast) |
Wairoa Youth Achievers Trust Te Wairoa Tapakorao Whānui Trust Te Whare Maire o Tapuwae/Whanau Ora Ngati Kahungunu Wairoa Taiwhenua Inc Kahungunu Executive Health & Social Services Wairoa District Council Wairoa Waikaremoana Maori Trust Board Tātau Tātau o te Wairoa |
A Housing Hub to provide a streamlined and coordinated approach to address whānau housing needs. It will provide advocacy, information resources, home repair assessments, navigation between housing products and ongoing support for whānau throughout their housing journey. |
$977,500 |
|
He Iwi Kainga Tuwharetoa Limited Partnership (Central - Taupo/Turangi) |
Bay Trust Te Kapua Whakapipi – Office of the Ariki Ngati Tuwharetoa Taupo District Council Waipapa 1D2B3B Trust |
Employment of Papakāinga Coach to assist both hapu and whānau trusts to build on the Māori owned land. |
$354,600 |
|
PACT Group (Wellington) |
Atareira Tuatahi Centre |
Provide rangatahi with tailored whānau interventions that include therapy, parental coaching, addiction and specialist services and assistance to find and sustain suitable housing. |
$990,000 |
|
Penina Trust (Auckland) |
Grace Foundation |
Establish a Housing Hub “fale hub” as a single point of access to a local community led approach aimed to prevent and reduce homelessness by providing quality support, information and access to housing solutions. |
$938,331 |
|
Te Rūnanga (Northland) |
Ngāitupango Marae Waihapa Marae Taemaro Marae Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Rēhia Far North District Council |
A marae-based approach to transitional housing. The initiative intends to work alongside whānau and support those who may be experiencing housing deprivation or homelessness to live in self-contained cabins on Whenua Māori in the Whaingaroa region. |
$775,500 |
|
Te Whakaruruhau (Waikato) |
Te Rūnanga o Kirikiriroa |
Early intervention and a preventative approach to homelessness for whānau impacted by domestic violence. It aims to identify underlying factors of poor mental health and alcohol and drug addiction so that whānau can receive the supports they need and start their journey to recovery, independence and autonomy. |
$720,000 |
|
The Male Room (2021) Trust (Nelson/ |
Te Piki Oranga Te Rūnanga o Ngati Rarua |
Create a governance group driven by the homeless and supported by the community to identify and plan strategies that provide housing options for the homeless. |
$249,700 |
|
Visionwest (Auckland) |
Manaaki Rangatahi |
A two-year pilot project that involves supporting rangatahi who don’t have a permanent base to transition safely into permanent housing. |
$70,028 |
|
Massey Community (Auckland) |
Lifewise Manaaki Rangatahi |
Create a network of short-term host homes which would offer safe emergency accommodation for young people experiencing homelessness. |
$40,600 |
Round one funding
A total of $3.5 million was allocated in round one in the second half of 2020. Funding focused on work that supported one or more of the following vulnerable groups:
- Māori
- Pacific peoples
- wāhine/women
- rangatahi/young people
- migrants and refugees
- kaumātua/older people
- rainbow community
- people with disabilities.
Round one recipients
|
Provider |
Partners |
Project |
Amount |
|
Auckland |
Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Whātua Arohanui ki te Tangata |
Provide housing with onsite professional and peer support for people who would benefit from being housed together. |
$392,364 |
|
One Double Five Whare Āwhina Community House(external link) Whangarei |
Mahitahi Hauora PHE Whangarei Youth Space Ngāti Hine Health Trust Northland Urban Rural Mission Pehiaweri Marae Te Ora Hou Inc |
Develop a Youth Housing Plan for Whangarei taitamariki (youth) experiencing homelessness. |
$245,000 |
|
Auckland |
Te Ngākau Kahukura Auckland Council |
Develop a toolkit and a competency programme to build capacity across the wider Auckland region to provide an effective and safe response to the housing needs of rainbow youth communities. |
$479,000 |
|
Te Taiwhenua o Heretaunga(external link) Napier/Hastings |
Whatever it Takes |
Provides a kaupapa Māori service that fosters strong relationships with whānau who have been identified as chronically homeless using the Pōwhiri Poutama process. |
$1 million |
|
Takiri Mai o Te Ata Collective(external link) Lower Hutt |
Aro Mai Housing First Collaboration Petone Budget Service Inc |
Develop a Wa Kāinga Housing Hub which offers a single point of access to a range of services using a Whānau Ora approach for whānau who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity. |
$750,000 |
|
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust(external link) Rotorua |
Manaaki Ora Trust |
Provide Te Arawa-centric financial wānanga to support individuals and whānau experiencing homelessness or at risk of being homeless. |
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