Housing Action Reform Enthusiasts are working for housing justice, with Ruth Gerzon

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This episode is a recording of the Women Revolutionising Housing (WRH) learning and networking event where Ruth Gerzon, a WRH member, shares about her efforts championing for housing justice in her hometown of Whakatāne, in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Ruth and others formed a group called the Whakatāne Housing Action Reform Enthusiasts which makes the acronym WHARE, which means home/house in Te Reo Māori, to address the housing justice issues in her community.

In this episode you will hear of the great strategies Ruth and WHARE have done '

• how she mobilises her community to present about their housing challenges,
• gets the media to cover the issues,
• gets her local council to participate and start to address these challenges from a systems perspective,
• and the ways in which they are able to bring the community's voice to the forefront to shape the future of housing in Whakatāne.

Her presentation can be found here: https://bit.ly/3PPQHm9

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