Over 1000 Kids Move Out of Motel Housing | Mirage News
Top Stories Tamfitronics Tē tōia, tē haumatia - Nothing can be achieved without a plan and way of doing things.The Government's plan to end the large-scale use of emergency housing is working, with new figures showing a 32 per cent reduction in the number of households living in motels, Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka says."Emergency housing is one of the biggest public policy failures we've ever seen in New Zealand, growing from a few families using it for brief periods into a situation where thousands of tamariki were growing up in motels," Mr Potaka says."National promised change and in Government we are delivering it, with more than 1000 tamariki moved out of motels and into homes under our watch."From last December to June this year, the total number of households living in emergency housing has...
