Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between housing assistance and youth offending in New Zealand (NZ). Using the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), we established three cohorts of youth aged 14-24 who were part of households that received the Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant (EHSNG), lived in public housing, or received the Accommodation Supplement (AS) between 2016 and 2022. We found that offending decreased significantly among young people living in public housing or receiving the AS compared with the general population. However, reductions were not significant among those receiving EHSNGs, highlighting the importance of stable housing assistance on reducing youth offending.
本文研究了新西兰（NZ）住房援助与青少年犯罪之间的关系。利用综合数据基础设施（IDI），我们建立了三组年龄在14至24岁之间的青少年群体，这些青少年的家庭在2016年至2022年期间分别领取了紧急住房特别需求补助金（EHSNG）、居住于公共住房或领取住宿补贴（AS）。我们发现，与普通人群相比，居住在公共住房或领取住宿补贴的青少年，其犯罪率显著下降。然而，在领取EHSNG的群体中，犯罪率的下降并不显著，这突显了稳定住房援助在减少青少年犯罪方面的重要性