Local Innovation and Partnership Fund

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 was allocated in three rounds.

Round three funding and recipients

Round three funding was allocated in July 2023. The 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.

Round three recipients

Provider	Partners	Project	Amount
Ōtorohanga Support House Whare Āwhina Inc (Ōtorohanga District)	Ōtorohanga District Council Ngāti Maniapoto Marae Pac Trust Te Nehenehenui Trust Ōtorohanga Māori Women’s Welfare League Ōtorohanga Charitable Trust Ōtorohanga District Development Board Ōtorohanga College Beattie Homes Ōtorohanga OtoMed Ltd	Establish Wa Kāinga, a single point of access and support services for Ōtorohanga whānau who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.	$470,000
Tai Tokerau Emergency Housing Charitable Trust (Whangārei)	Northland Housing Forum He Iwi Kotahi Tatou Trust Inc Northland Urban Rural Mission 155 Whare Āwhina	Support kaimahi in housing to be better able to resource whānau in meeting their own housing needs.	$425,152
Te Hau Ora O Ngāpuhi Ltd (Kaikohe)	Whakaoranga Whānau Recovery Hub	Establish a Housing Hub that will be advocating, informing and navigating people around services available to them.	$750,000
Te Puna Ora O Mataatua (Whakatāne)	Waiariki Whānau Mentoring Limited	Set up Te Pokāpu Hapori (The Hub) to support whānau with individualised plans and advocacy to help them navigate a pathway to housing independence.	$915,500
Te Pūtahi-Nui-o-Rehua Charitable Trust (Kaikohe)	Whakaoranga Whānau Recovery Hub Te Hau Ora o Ngāpuhi Ringa Atawhai Mātauranga Ngā Hapū o Kaikohe Ngā Hapū o Te Ahuahu	Establish a Tino Rangatiratanga/housing independence program for whānau Māori living in rural areas.	$848,810
Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa (TROTAK) (Gisborne)	Manaaki Tairāwhiti Tairāwhiti Beneficiary Advocacy Trust	Establish a triage system with their partner organisations for whānau seeking housing solutions.	$830,375
Te Runanganui O Ngati Porou (Gisborne)	Te Runanga o Turanganui a Kiwa (TROTAK)	Support whānau who are homeless or living in overcrowded or unsafe conditions to navigate and access suitable housing products and services.	$1,000,000
Tūwharetoa ki Kawerau Health, Education and Social Services (Kawerau)	Ngāti Tūwharetoa (Bay of Plenty) Settlement Trust Whakatāne District Council Kawerau District Council Kawerau Whenua Māori Collective	Address housing and homelessness crisis in the Kawerau region through developing sustainable and culturally sensitive housing solutions	$1,000,000

Round two funding and recipients

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.

Round two recipients

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 o Whaingaroa (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 2013 Incorporated/ Hamilton Women’s Refugee (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/ Marlborough/ West Coast)	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.	$116,828
Massey Community Trust (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 and recipients

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
Kāhui Tū Kaha(external link)(external link) 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)(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
RainbowYOUTH(external link)(external link) 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)(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)(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)(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.	$651,714

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