Zola Rose

Homefullness

Society EN ↓ 29 episodes

The show’s purpose is to enable, inspire, and facilitate the creation of affordable places to live that are socially and ecologically connected, and co-designed with the people who live there. Around the world, housing is a challenge--it is plagued with problems of unaffordability, of insufficient homes for local people, lack of diversity in housing typology, sprawl, low-quality unhealthy homes, rental insecurity, construction waste, and more…A regenerative and collaborative approach is needed. With this platform and network, we can change the narrative and mobilize role players and citizens t...

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Zola Rose

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Securing affordable home ownership for generations, an interview about the Secure Home programme 30.05.2024 56:22

In this episode, I interview Sam Stout and David Diaper who are homeowners of the Secure Home programme in Queenstown, as well as Corina Sommerville who is a staff member with the programme. I really like this program is because keeps housing affordable for generations into the future. Secure Home is an assisted ownership program created by the Queenstown Lakes, Community Housing Trust. Designed...

A land trust model for affordable home ownership, interview with Peter Southwick of Bridge Housing Trust 07.05.2024 53:55

I interview Peter Southwick, a Trustee of the Bridge Housing Trust in the Waikato, on their land trust model for affordable home ownership. We discuss how this model works, could be replicated around the country, as well as what levers need to be pulled to make it happen. Bridge Housing Trust has replicated the successful “Secure Home” model from the Queenstown Lakes Community Housing Trust (QLCHT...

Housing Action Reform Enthusiasts are working for housing justice, with Ruth Gerzon 30.03.2024 40:23

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 Māor...

What Homefullness is about and what we have to offer you 09.03.2024 24:12

In this first episode, I share why I've started the show, the housing challenges that propel me to do this work, and what you can look forward to learning. With this platform and network, we can catalyse housing and neighbourhoods that are places of belonging, of home, while also providing solutions that address some of the biggest challenges of our time. You will also hear a beautiful song by one...