The Wise Guys Men's Refuge is a men-only housing and support service for men who have nowhere to live, based in Glenbrook, Franklin, with safe houses in South Auckland. The Wise Guys Community Housing Project offers emergency and urgent accommodation, emergency housing, and long-term accommodation for up to 30 men. The service also offers professional counselling, social and mental health support, and help with applications and trips to a WINZ office. It works with agencies including WINZ, the Salvation Army and men's groups. Admission depends on the service's criteria, and the website sets out house rules on alcohol and drugs, conduct, vehicles and visitors. Off-street parking is available for visitors. The service can be reached by phone seven days a week, and it says it can sometimes arrange pick-ups.
Customers say the staff are helpful and do everything they can to support people, and one says the kitchen team cooks good food. Another says men also sometimes need help to get their lives back on track, and that the refuge provides it. The reviews are brief and focus on the people and the food.