2026
Journal - Research Other
Bierre, S., O'Sullivan, K., Paul, J., Atatoa Carr, P., & Pierse, N. (2026). Move-on orders will criminalise children experiencing homelessness. The Briefing, (15 June). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/move-orders-will-criminalise-children-experiencing-homelessness
2025
Journal - Research Article
Bierre, S., Grant, L., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2025). The ideal and practice of an ethic of care in the community housing sector of Aotearoa/NZ. International Journal of Housing Policy. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/19491247.2025.2580597
Bierre, S., Johnson, E., Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pehi, T. (2025). Setting maximum occupancy limits in rental housing: Landlord control and tenant experience. Housing Studies. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2025.2552398
Dohig, R. K., O'Sullivan, K. C., Desmarais, A.-M., & Bierre, S. (2025). Staying cool at home: Cooling practices, barriers, and possibilities for disabled people's experiences of managing summer heat in Aotearoa New Zealand. Energy Research & Social Science, 120, 103895. doi: 10.1016/j.erss.2024.103895
Journal - Research Other
Bierre, S., Johnson, E., Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Howden-Chapman, P., & Pehi, T. (2025). How many people can rent a house together? Why occupancy limits need reform. The Briefing, (14 October). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/how-many-people-can-rent-house-together-why-occupancy-limits-need-reform
2024
Chapter in Book - Research
Fraser, B., Aspinall, C., Chisholm, E., Ombler, J., Bierre, S., Telfar-Barnard, L., Johnson, E., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). A snapshot of a fragmented landscape: Homelessness law and policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. In C. Bevan (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of global perspectives on homelessness, law & policy. (pp. 500-516). Abingdon, UK: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003274056-35
Journal - Research Article
Ombler, J., Jiang, T., Fraser, B., Nelson, J., McMinn, C., Hawkes, K., … Pehi, T., Aspinall, C., Bierre, S., … Howden-Chapman, P., & Pierse, N. (2024). Five-year post-housing outcomes for a Housing First cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand. International Journal on Homelessness, 4(1), 1-17. doi: 10.5206/ijoh.2023.3.16747
Keall, M. D., Pierse, N., Cunningham, C. W., Baker, M. G., Bierre, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Factors associated with uptake of no-cost safety modifications to home access steps: Implications for equity and policy. Safety, 10, 7. doi: 10.3390/safety10010007
Bierre, S., Keall, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Framing home injury: Opportunities and barriers to regulating for safer rental housing in Aotearoa/New Zealand. Housing Studies, 39(11), 2787-2805. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2023.2224242
Bierre, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). The theory and practice of a politics of compassion in the private rental sector: A study of Aotearoa, NZ and ‘kindness’ during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal of Housing Policy, 24(2), 268-289. doi: 10.1080/19491247.2022.2133341
Journal - Research Other
Bierre, S., Keall, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2024). Why don't we make rental housing safer? The Briefing, (6 March). Retrieved from https://www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/why-dont-we-make-rental-housing-safer
Howden-Chapman, P., Crane, J., Keall, M., Pierse, N., Baker, M. G., Cunningham, C., … Aspinall, C., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., … Chisholm, E., Davies, C., Fougere, G., Fraser, B., Fyfe, C., Grant, L., … Halley, C., Logan-Riley, A., … Olin, C., Ombler, J., O'Sullivan, K., Pehi, T., Penny, G., … Randal, E., … Robson, B., Ruru, J., Shaw, C., … Teariki, M. A., Telfar Barnard, L., Tiatia, R., Toy-Cronin, B., … Viggers, H., … Zhang, W. (2024). He Kāinga Oranga: Reflections on 25 years of measuring the improved health, wellbeing and sustainability of healthier housing. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 54(3), 290-315. doi: 10.1080/03036758.2023.2170427
2023
Journal - Research Article
Howden-Chapman, P., Viggers, H., Keall, M., Bierre, S., Grimes, A., & Pierse, N. (2023). Research-informed public policy: A case study of housing. Policy Quarterly, 19(4), 3-9.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Howden-Chapman, P., Grimes, A., Witten, K., Olin, C., Penny, G., Bierre, S., & Chapman, R. (2023). Evaluating the impact of Public Housing and Urban Regeneration programmes. Proceedings of the State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) Conference. (pp. 287). Retrieved from https://apo.org.au
Bierre, S., Grant, L., Teariki, M. A., & Aspinall, C. (2023). The sustainability of public housing: The importance of governance. Proceedings of the State of Australasian Cities (SOAC) Conference. (pp. 151-152). Retrieved from https://apo.org.au
2022
Journal - Research Article
Chisholm, E., Bierre, S., Davies, C., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2022). 'That house was a home': Qualitative evidence from New Zealand on the connections between rental housing eviction and poor health outcomes. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 33, 861-868. doi: 10.1002/hpja.526
2020
Journal - Research Article
Bierre, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2020). Telling stories: The role of narratives in rental housing policy change in New Zealand. Housing Studies, 35(1), 29-49. doi: 10.1080/02673037.2017.1363379
2017
Chapter in Book - Research
Howden-Chapman, P., Chisholm, E., Telfar Barnard, L., Viggers, H., O'Sullivan, K., Bennett, J., Bierre, S., Preval, N., Randal, E., Tiatia, R., Ombler, J., Amore, K., Rivera-Muñoz, G., … Davies, C., Aspinall, C., Oliver, J., Baker, M., Keall, M., … Crane, J., & Pierse, N. (2017). Housing, energy and health in resilient cities. In P. Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities. (pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
2016
Journal - Research Article
Pierse, N., Carter, K., Bierre, S., Law, D., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2016). Examining the role of tenure, household crowding and housing affordability on psychological distress, using longitudinal data. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health, 70(10), 961-966. doi: 10.1136/jech-2015-206716
2015
Journal - Research Article
Howden-Chapman, P., O'Sullivan, K., Bierre, S., Chisholm, E., Hamer-Adams, A., Ombler, J., & Amore, K. (2015). What effect will the 2015 budget have on housing? Policy Quarterly, 11(3), 13-19.
2014
Journal - Research Article
Bierre, S., Bennett, M., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2014). Decent expectations? The use and interpretation of housing standards in tenancy tribunals in New Zealand. New Zealand Universities Law Review, 26(2), 153-185.
2013
Edited Book - Research
Bierre, S., & Howden-Chapman, P. (Eds.). (2013). Homes people can afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand. Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa, 151p.
Chapter in Book - Research
Howden-Chapman, P., Bierre, S., & Cunningham, C. (2013). Building inequality. In M. Rashbrooke (Ed.), Inequality: A New Zealand crisis. (pp. 105-117). Wellington, New Zealand: Bridget Williams Books. doi: 10.7810/9781927131510
Bierre, S., Howden-Chapman, P., & Early, L. (2013). Conclusion. In S. Bierre, P. Howden-Chapman & L. Early (Eds.), Homes people can afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand. (pp. 127-129). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Bierre, S. (2013). Unaffordable and unhealthy: Rental housing standards and policy drift. In S. Bierre, P. Howden-Chapman & L. Early (Eds.), Homes people can afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand. (pp. 41-47). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Bierre, S., Howden-Chapman, P., & Early, L. (2013). Introduction. In S. Bierre, P. Howden-Chapman & L. Early (Eds.), Homes people can afford: How to improve housing in New Zealand. (pp. 7-12). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
Journal - Research Article
Howden-Chapman, P., Baker, M. G., & Bierre, S. (2013). The houses children live in: Policies to improve housing quality. Policy Quarterly, 9(2), 35-39.
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Cotterill, L., Kjellström, T., Hales, S., & Bierre, S. (2013). Exploring the experiences and responses of heat among workers in the sheep shearing industry [Minipaper]. In J. D. Cotter, S. J. E. Lucas & T. Mündel (Eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Environmental Ergonomics (ICEE). (pp. 40-41). International Society for Environmental Ergonomics. [Full Paper]
2010
Journal - Research Article
Bierre, S., Howden-Chapman, P., & Signal, L. (2010). ‘Ma and Pa’ landlords and the ‘risky’ tenant: Discourses in the New Zealand private rental sector. Housing Studies, 25(1), 21-38. doi: 10.1080/02673030903362027
2008
Chapter in Book - Research
Howden-Chapman, P., & Bierre, S. (2008). Reducing health inequalities by improving housing. In K. Dew & A. Matheson (Eds.), Understanding health inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp. 161-172). Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press.
2007
Journal - Research Article
Bierre, S., Howden-Chapman, P., Signal, L., & Cunningham, C. (2007). Institutional challenges in addressing healthy low-cost housing for all: Learning from past policy. Social Policy Journal of New Zealand, 30, 42-64.
2004
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Bierre, S., Cunningham, C., Cunningham, M., Baker, M., Robinson, J. A., Kennedy, M., Sansom, A., & Howden-Chapman, P. (2004). A healthy housing index: A collaborative approach to measuring housing condition. Proceedings of the 2nd WHO International Housing and Health Symposium. (pp. 115-122). Bonn, Germany: WHO European Centre for Environment and Health. [Full Paper]
