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Housing is one of the greatest social challenges of our era. Nowhere is it more acute than in our own neighbourhood, the Pacific region. Join us as Dr Bernadette Pinnell, the global business director of not-for-profit, Home in Place, explores housing issues such as the benefits of home ownership, housing stress and the commodification of housing. Dr Pinnell will argue that collaborative modular housing solutions and working with nature provide solutions to common housing problems in the Pacific and countries around the world.
From 5:30pm we will be serving complimentary drinks and nibbles to in house guests! This event is both in-person and online.
Agenda
- Drinks + Nibbles
- Presentation by guest speaker
Bernadette Pinnell
Bernadette Pinnell
Dr.Bernadette grew up in Northern Ireland. She has established businesses in New York, UK, PNG, Sydney and NZ.
More information about speaker
Bernadette’s doctoral research explored the social sustainability of urban renewal projects in Australia. After 15 years in Sydney, she returned to New Zealand to be part of the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority following the devastating earthquake there that destroyed 3,000 homes in 2011.
Later she established an affordable housing organisation, Compass Housing NZ, in partnership with developers and government The organisation now accommodates over 600 households and has 500 new homes in the pipeline. In 2022 she was awarded the Westpac NZ Woman of Influence Award.
In 2015, Bernadette joined Home in Place, an Australian NGO focused on affordable housing. She is working on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) Housing project to deliver 3,000 affordable homes in the Pacific with development partners, the Fiji Government and the International Finance Corporation (IFC).
She is also leading the expansion of Home in Place in Seattle in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. Until recently, Bernadette chaired the Urban Development Institute of New Zealand. She is convening a Global Indigenous Housing Conference in Hawaii later this year.
- Q + A
