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Roderique Hope Trust
Contact: Michelle Rampage
Biographical Info
Roderique Hope Trust is a Taranaki-based housing charity providing a range of services to support individuals and whānau across the region. These include Transitional Housing, Sustaining Tenancies, the Community Connector service, the Emergency Housing Navigator service and the Ready to Rent programme.
Roderique Hope Trust provides 14 transitional houses across Taranaki, offering short-term accommodation for individuals and whānau experiencing homelessness who have nowhere else to live.
The Sustaining Tenancies service provides tailored, practical support to individuals and whānau in rental housing, helping them maintain their tenancies and prevent homelessness.
The Ready to Rent programme is a two-day course that equips tenants with the knowledge and skills needed for a successful renting experience. It focuses on the rental application process and provides practical tools to help participants secure and sustain long-term housing in Taranaki’s competitive private rental market.
The Community Connector service offers personalised, practical support to individuals, families, and whānau who are homeless or experiencing housing insecurity. Community Connectors work alongside whānau to access relevant social services, education, and housing support, coordinating across government agencies and community providers to help identify and secure suitable housing solutions.
Roderique Hope Trust assist each whānau to engage with their appointed whānau navigator to create a whānau centered plan, identify barriers, set goals and help them to see a future for themselves and their children that is filled with hope. This allows whānau to identify their dreams and aspirations, build whānau stability, gain further education and employment and have a safe place that they can call home.
Where? In-person across Taranaki
When? Monday to Friday, 9am – 5pm.
Who? Anyone aged 10 and up, including whānau, communities, and workplaces.
Referrals: We accept referrals from self, whānau, GP, health professionals and workplaces.
