Emergency Housing
Williams lashes out at Willis over emergency housing
The Police Minister lashed out at National's Nicola Willis in Parliament on Tuesday after a range of questions over crime in emergency housing.
Poto Williams was defending a response she gave back in… Audio
No MSD Flexible Funding assistance given in Te Tai Tokerau
A big pot of money set aside to help whānau living in motels has failed to make it to many children in need.
The Flexible Funding Programme was launched last year, and is often highlighted by the… Audio
Govt addressing emergency housing problems in Rotorua
A year after ministers were warned emergency housing was posing a risk to public safety in Rotorua, the government is moving to clean up the problems.
It will directly contract motels for emergency… Audio
Housing Minister discusses $300m plan to tackle homelessness
The government wants to stop relying on motels for emergency housing - but it won't stop using them entirely.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and housing ministers Megan Woods and Kris Faafoi, have… Audio
Govt spends record amount on emergency housing
The government spent a record $34 million on emergency housing at hostels and motels between April and June - up nearly 230 percent from the same time last year. Nita Blake-Persen reports. Audio
Homeless told there's no emergency accommodation available
Work and Income staff are turning away homeless people in Auckland, telling them there is no emergency housing available, multiple sources say. Checkpoint has learnt of several people told this in… Audio
Whanganui emergency housing unhabitable, Salvation Army says
Conditions at some emergency housing providers in Whanganui are so poor they are putting vulnerable people at risk, the city's Salvation Army's tenancy manager for emergency housing says. Video, Audio
Govt spent $44,000 for homeless man to live in motel for 58 weeks
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says New Zealand’s longest tax-payer funded emergency housing tenant, Robert Erueti, should never have been evicted from his HNZ home. Video, Audio
Placing homeless in Kaeo 'doesn't make sense' - principal
The Principal of a Northland school is concerned families in need of emergency accommodation have been dumped at a remote holiday park in Kaeo, with no access to support services. Video, Audio
Relieved to have a roof over our head - grandmother
A grandmother who cares for three children says she could be living in a car or under a bridge if it wasn't for emergency housing in Lower Hutt. Audio
Emergency housing provider: MSD email was 'intimidating'
The Ministry of Social Development has apologised to emergency housing groups after a manager tried to gag them from speaking to the media. Audio
Govt accused of failing on its promise to provide more emergency housing
The Labour Party warns more families could be living in cars and garages this winter because the Government is failing on its promise of providing more emergency housing. Audio
Govt defends emergency housing plan: 'We do all we can'
The government says it is under pressure to provide emergency housing for people, but it is doing all it can.
Providers fear more Auckland families need emergency housing
"I would say that the need has been underreported... people are overcrowded into existing properties with extreme overcrowding". The manager of De Paul House Jan Rutledge talks to our reporter Sharon… Audio
Government spending emergency housing grant budget twice as fast as expected
Associate Minister for Social Housing, Alfred Ngaro, says the government is working on solutions to emergency accommodation, including purchasing motels. But only one motel has been purchased so far.
…Motels paid more than $100,000 a month in emergency housing grants
In the last three months of last year, five motels in South Auckland were paid more than $1 million to house the country's homeless. Video, Audio
How unemployables could be dealt with for housing
Concern the emergency social housing tenants in Motels are causing problems for the owners of the complexes with bad reviews from other visitors about the behaviour of the WINZ clients. Audio
Govt blows emergency housing budget out by millions
The Government has used four times its annual budget for emergency housing in just three months. Mei Heron reports. Audio
Dr Alice Mills talks about research on emergency accommodation
Auckland university researcher, Dr Alice Mills, gives her views on the best way to deal with short term emergency housing for vulnerable tenants. Audio
'A lot more money' needed to fix long term housing
A surprise $300 million cash injection into the emergency housing is not enough to fix the problem, housing groups say. Audio
