Tips to improve the safety of your home

Jun 28, 2022

Want to improve the safety of your home? Here are our top tips for ensuring your home is safe and secure.

– It’s important that your home is structurally sound to allow you to live safely, this includes being able to lock all windows and doors.
– Keep on top of repairs such as repairing rotten floorboards, exterior walls and guttering.
– Keep your family safe with fire alarms installed in every bedroom, living area and hallway. Make sure the batteries are regularly checked and replaced.

AMI Insurance and Habitat for Humanity NZ are on a mission to help improve the lives of 75,000 Kiwis living in housing need; this survey is the first step to help understand the scale of the issue.

The inaugural Aotearoa Housing Survey by AMI Insurance and Habitat for Humanity NZ has revealed a stark reality – several hundred thousand New Zealand homes are cold, damp and expensive to heat. The survey was commissioned as part of the three-year partnership between AMI and Habitat. It has provided the two organisations with critical information to help understand the scale of the issues New Zealanders are facing so that they can strengthen their response and help New Zealanders enjoy better living conditions, particularly in the colder months