Timeframe
2024-2025
Funding
University of Auckland Business School Research Development Fund
Early Career Research Excellence Award (William Cheung)
COMPASS staff
Eileen Li
Barry Milne
Collaborators
University of Auckland
William Cheung
Edward Liu
Description
This project is led by William Cheung at the University of Auckland Business School. It is driven by the fact that house price escalation in recent decades has made home ownership unattainable for more New Zealanders, leading to a sharp decline in home ownership rates. This trend is likely to shape peoples’ expectations regarding their housing pathways, potentially contributing to increased psychological distress. This project aims to understand how housing affordability influences mental health using data from the New Zealand Health Survey.