Building a just housing system – home by home
Home Foundation is a charitable trust with a mission to ensure every person in Aotearoa New Zealand—and beyond—has access to a secure, affordable, and healthy place to call, home.
As a Foundation, we reinvest profits from our shareholdings to build more than just homes. We create places of belonging, connection, and opportunity. Alongside delivering homes directly, we partner with others to drive change, support innovation, and shift the housing system—because a home is never just four walls. It’s identity, safety, and the foundation for a flourishing life.
Home Foundation is the kaitiaki of the Home Foundation group—a collective of organisations united by a vision for a just housing system where quality homes enable communities to thrive. Together, we’re working across the entire housing ecosystem to create enduring impact—home by home, family by family.
The Home Foundation Group
For nearly 14 years, we have been addressing the housing needs of Kiwis through innovative solutions across the housing ecosystem.
Sector wide solutions
The combination of our charitable purpose, financial experience and strategic housing eco-system means we are uniquely positioned to partner with Local & Central Government, Iwi, and other community focused land owners, along with Impact Investors and Philanthropic Donors who also wish to see more people access affordable, secure, healthy homes.
With over $700 million in homes delivered and more than 2,000 homes built across Aotearoa New Zealand, our track record reflects our expertise in development management, community-focused design, sustainable and high-quality construction, innovative funding strategies, people-focused housing management and long-term partnership building. To date we have re-invested over $30m of profits into new affordable homes.
A partnership approach
As a housing collective, the Home Foundation Group has a unique structure that enables collaboration across every stage of the housing lifecycle — from design and finance to construction and tenancy support. At the same time, each member can operate independently and innovate with external partners. We partner across Aotearoa New Zealand and internationally to share knowledge, power up developments, champion community-led design, and inspire neighbourhoods to flourish around their people.
2,000+
homes built since 2011
$76m
in group assets
$30m
profit generated to
deliver more homes
Pathways to impact
Research and policy
Asking the right questions to find the right answers.
Provision of housing
Creating healthy, secure and affordable housing.
Innovative housing solutions
Solutions come through trying new things.
Sector support
Collectively understanding and solving homelessness.
Partner with us
Alongside our own work, we enable and empower others—supporting organisations that address housing needs and deliver long-term housing solutions for whānau and communities. We also see our role as a catalyst—working to inspire collective action and encourage others to join in a mission where everyone has access to a secure, healthy, affordable home.
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