Ko te Kāinga Whānau Iti Ka Ora Hōu i te ara e whakahaere ai ngā whānau i ā raatau kāinga. I hangaia ki te whakauru ki te ngāwari, ka taea e ngā kāinga te whakarahi i te rahi kia rite ki te tipu haere o te whānau, i te rerekētanga o ngā hiahia. Kei te āki ai te hoahoa hou i te whakauru ake i ngā wāhi noho hōu kia māmā ai te whakauru, kaua ko ngā tikanga hanga tawhito. Ka taea e ngā whānau te noho pārekareka ki te kāinga rahi e āhua rerekē ana ina eke ngā hiahia, he iti noa te tāpiri i tētahi rūma hōu mō tētahi taitamariki, he wāhi mahi motuhake rānei te hanga. Kāore ngā kāinga ka ora hōu i te noho ki te rahi anake, engari ko te whakapapa i tētahi taiao whakapakari i ngā whānau kia tipu. Ko ia kotahi o ngā kotaha kua hangaia ki ngā taputapu kounga teitei, e whakapumau ai i te roa o te ora me te kaha. I runga i taua, ko te tikanga hanga e whai ana i ngā aratohu kounga kaha, e tuku ai i te ngākau pumau ki ngā kaitiaki kāinga. Ki te aronga ki te whakamana, kua hangaia ēnei kāinga ki ngā taputapu e tika ana te whakamahi i te taiao, me ngā pūnaha e iti ana te whakamahi wai, nō reira he kōwhiringa tika mō ngā whānau e mōhio ana ki te taiao. Ko te takotoranga o te whakauru, kounga, me te whakamana e whakatakoto ana i tā mātou Kāinga Whānau Iti Ka Ora Hōu hei kōwhiringa tuatahi mō te noho ākau ake.