Jenny Ombler

BA(Hons), MA (Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington
Research Fellow, University of Otago, Wellington
Jenny Ombler

Jenny is a Research Fellow at the New Zealand Centre for Sustainable Cities, and He Kāinga Oranga - Housing and Health Research Programme.  Her research interests include governance and policy, urban form, homelessness, social justice and human rights. She has a background in critical theory and international relations.

Key publications

  1. Pehi, T. Fraser, B. Ombler, J. Buchanan, M. O’Sullivan, K. Jiang, T. Atatoa‐Carr, P. Pierse, N.
    2025
    What About the Kids? Identifying Children in the Housing Support System in Aotearoa, New Zealand
    Children & Society, 39(2), 532–543.
  2. Ombler J Jiang T Fraser B Nelson J McMinn C Hawkes K Atatoa-Carr P Pehi T Aspinall C Bierre S Schick K Howden-Chapman P Pierse N
    2024
    Five-Year Post-Housing Outcomes for a Housing First Cohort in Aotearoa, New Zealand
    International Journal on Homelessness 2024; 4(1).

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  3. 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
    Chris Bevan (ed). Global Perspectives on Homelessness Law & Policy, Routledge, 2024
    10.4324/9781003274056-35
  4. Fraser B Chun S Pehi T Jiang T Johnson E Ombler J Pierse N
    2022
    Post-housing first outcomes amongst a cohort of formerly homeless youth in Aotearoa New Zealand
    Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
    53(5), 656-672
  5. Pierse N Ombler J Chun S Fraser B White M Aspinall C McMinn C Howden-Chapman P Nelson J Hawkes K Jiang T Atatoa-Carr P
    2022
    Two-Year Post-Housing Outcomes for a Housing First Cohort in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    European Journal of Homelessness
  6. Fraser, B.
    White, M. Cook, H.
    Chisholm, E.
    Ombler, J.
    Chun, S. Tareha, H.
    Pierse, N.
    (2021).
    Service usage of a cohort of formerly homeless women in Aotearoa New Zealand.
    SSM Population Health,
    15, 100842.
  7. Pierse, N.
    White, M.
    Ombler, J.
    Davis, C.
    Chisholm, E.
    Baker, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2020).
    Well Homes Initiative: A home-based initiative to address housing-related ill health.
    Health Education and Behavior,
    47(6), 836-844.
  8. Pierse, N.
    Ombler, J.
    White, M.
    Aspinall, C.
    McMinn, C. Atatoa-Carr, P. Nelson, J. Hawkes, K.
    Fraser, B.
    Cook, H.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Service usage by a New Zealand Housing First cohort prior to being housed.
    SSM - Population Health,
    8, 100432.
  9. Ombler, J.
    Fariu-Ariki, P.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Pierse, N.
    Lawson Te-Aho, K.
    Aspinall, C.
    (2019).
    A principles framework for taking action on Māori/Indigenous Homelessness in Aotearoa/New Zealand.
    SSM Population Health,
    8, 100450.
  10. Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Bennett, J.
    Robinson, A. Hailes, A.
    Ombler, J.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Evidence base for a housing warrant of fitness.
    Sage Open Medicine,
    7, 1-17.
  11. Preval, N.
    Ombler, J.
    Grimes, A.
    Keall, M.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2019).
    Policy failure and success: a Trans-Tasman comparison of two insulation subsidy schemes.
    Agenda: A Journal of Policy Analysis and Reform
    26, 51-65.
  12. Pierse, N.
    Ombler, J.
    Aspinall, C.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2017).
    Homelessness in New Zealand.
    The 12th European Research Conference on Homelessness,

    Proceedings of the 12th European Research Conference on Homelessness can be retrieved from http://www.feantsa.org.

  13. Aspinall, C.
    Pierse, N.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Ombler, J.
    Fraser, B.
    White, M.
    (2017).
    Housing First in New Zealand.
    3rd International Housing First Conference, Padova, Italy,
  14. Aspinall, C.
    Ombler, J.
    Pierse, N.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    (2017).
    One Housing First to Rule Them All? : Responding to Housing First in Aotearoa.
    Parity,
    Vol 30: Issue 8 p 30-31.
  15. Ombler, J.
    Atatoa-Carr, P. Nelson, J.
    Howden-Chapman, P.
    Lawson Te-Aho, K. Fariu-Ariki, P. Cook, H.
    Aspinall, C.
    Pierse, N.
    (2017).
    Ending homelessness in New Zealand: Housing first research programme.
    Parity,
    Vol 30: Issue 10, p 5-7.
  16. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Chisholm, E.
    Telfar-Barnard, L.
    Viggers, H.
    O'Sullivan, K.
    Bennett, J.
    Bierre, S.
    Preval, N.
    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.
    Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities,
    Howden-Chapman, L. Early & J. Ombler (Eds.), (pp. 95-106). Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts Aotearoa.
  17. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Ombler, J.
    Early, L.
    (Eds.), (2017).
    Cities in New Zealand: Preferences, patterns and possibilities.
    Wellington, New Zealand: Steele Roberts, Aotearoa, 178p.
  18. Howden-Chapman, P.
    Amore, K.
    Bierre, S.
    Chisholm, E.
    Hamer-Adams, A.
    Ombler, J.
    O'Sullivan, K.
    (2015).
    What Effect Will the 2015 Budget Have on Housing?
    Policy Quarterly,
    11 (3): 13–19.

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