This resource highlights the effects of housing on the mental health of older people in new zealand and covers the following topics: Background- Differences in tragectories of self reported mental health in an ageing cohort and covers housing patterns and health inequalities, Housing and mental health and Methodological issues; Methods using the general health questionnare and covered variables, exposures, confounders and analysis; Results of the questionnaire with home ownership being dominant at baseline and covered bivariate analysis, multivariate analysis; Discussion; Conclusion.