Success Case Method: Uses and adaptations in New Zealand Housing evaluation

Abstract

This paper shares our experiences of adapting Robert Brinkerhoff's (2003) Success Case Method approach to evaluating two Housing New Zealand Corporation initiatives - the Healthy Housing programme and Home Ownership Education and Support initiative. The adaptations to the Success Case Method in each evaluation are compared and contrasted to highlight what we have learnt about using this methodology. This is a work in progress. It does not report findings on the programme and initiative being evaluated. Healthy Housing was initiated jointly by Housing New Zealand and Counties Manukau District Health Board to address overcrowding and the resulting disease risks for tenants. It targets housing-..