Recording/slides from recent seminar: the relationship between public housing & wellbeing across different life stages

Dec 3, 2025

Recently we held a joint Motu Research/Home Foundation public policy seminar, where Motu Fellow Jaimie Monk and Senior Fellow Arthur Grimes explored the relationship between public housing and wellbeing across different stages of life. They brought together evidence on adult tenant wellbeing and children’s developmental outcomes to show how public housing can shape wellbeing.

They then considered what this evidence means for policy, design and investment in public housing in Aotearoa New Zealand. 

Here is the seminar recording (seminar starts 37 mins into the recording), Arthur's presentation and Jaimie's presentation.
 
See here for more information. Thanks to The Treasury - New Zealand, the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and Russell McVeagh for their generous support of our seminars.