“You’ll have whanau who will have their relations or friends live with them, rather than [have] them sleep in cars or be on the road sleeping rough, and so that causes health problems, mental health and budgeting concerns – being stressed about how they’re going to make ends meet – and family harm.
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Porirua Whanau Centre chief excuitve Liz Kelly, left, pictured here with Kitiona Tauira and Helmut Modlik, says overcrowding is the organisation’s biggest concern in places like Cannons Creek, pictured.
“You can’t have people living on top of each other, and then their not being a consequence,” Kelly said.