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Find immediate housing support

If you’re looking for help to find housing, whether it’s for yourself or someone you’re working with, these are places where you can find direct support:

  • Work and Income provides help with housing, including when you have nowhere to stay.

  • Citizens Advice Bureau provides free, confidential, independent information and advice to anyone, including about how to find housing, access support services, and get support from Work and Income. You can call 0800 367 222, visit a local CAB, or contact them online.

  • If you’re in Auckland, RainbowYOUTH has a homelessness service for rainbow young people (up to age 27) who are at risk of, or who are experiencing, homelessness. This includes people living in unsafe environments, couchsurfing or having problems at home. RainbowYOUTH can help with accessing things like Work and Income benefits, safe and supportive housing, and emergency housing services.

  • For transgender people, Gender Minorities Aotearoa provides housing advice and support online, including through their national Rainbow Housing NZ Facebook group, website information resources and online peer support.

  • Outside of Auckland and for people older than 27, other rainbow community organisations may be able to help connect you with local services, or give you advice or support if you’re being discriminated against.

  • If you’re looking for a rainbow-friendly flat, Rainbow Housing NZ is a Facebook group for queer, trans, takatāpui, and rainbow people in NZ who are looking for houses or housemates, and rainbow-friendly houses offering rooms.

  • If you want to talk to someone about stress or pressure associated with housing, OutLine provides a free nationwide peer support service for rainbow people (free call 0800 OUTLINE (0800 688 5463) any evening between 6pm and 9pm to talk to a trained volunteer, or chat at www.outline.org.nz/chat).