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The HomeShare for Her program is located in the Nelson-Tasman region of Aotearoa NZ. The program addresses the lack of affordable housing and the lack of available housing for single women. According to a Stuff article in April 2023, “low wages and expensive housing make the Nelson Tasman area unaffordable” with the region’s housing being the third worst in the country.

But the other thing that the programme does is it mitigates the problems that can come up when people share a living space together.

So, HomeShare for Her hopes to mitigate problematic house-sharing experiences and help women have the best possible shared living situation, sharing the home in a way that's equal, where everyone living there feels like the house really is their home.

This a programme that could be replicated in other regions so listen in to learn about how it's done.