A Taranaki hospitality school says opening up its student accommodation to homeless people was a no brainer.
The Pacific International Hotel Management School is housing 50 people for the Ministry of Social Development.
Photo: RNZ / Robin Martin
The Pacific International Hotel Management School is housing about 50 people - including children - in what it describes as a win-win situation for both it and the Ministry of Social Development (MSD).
But New Plymouth mayor Neil Holdom said it was an indictment on the lack of government investment in social housing in the city.
International students usually make up the majority of the student body at the hotel management school and it has onsite accommodation for about 150 people.
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