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Press Release – Office of the Clerk Questions to Ministers Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Governments statements and actions? SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister for Infrastructure: What recent reports has he seen on infrastructure? CHLE SWARBRICK …
Questions to Ministers
Hon JUDITH COLLINS to the Prime Minister: Does she stand by all of her Government’s statements and actions?
SHANAN HALBERT to the Minister for Infrastructure: What recent reports has he seen on infrastructure?
CHLÖE SWARBRICK to the Associate Minister of Housing (Public Housing): Is she aware that nearly all commercial lease agreements include transparent criteria for rent reviews; if so, will she consider requiring residential tenancy agreements to include agreed criteria for rent increases?
Parliament Oral Questions – Oral Questions – 15 April 2021000303 livenews.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from livenews.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The high asking price comes amid a major shortage of rentals in the South Waikato which has the region’s fastest rising house prices outside Hamilton City. Despite the shortage, three bedroom rentals in the town average at around $400 a week. When contacted by
Stuff am659, who did not reveal his identity, defended the figure. “It is for emergency housing. Some people in need can be supported by Work and Income, he said. When asked if he had had any enquires he paused before saying “sometimes” and hung up.
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Tokoroa s Amisfield Motel in Lochmaben Rd. Emergency Housing is supplied through an Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant (EH SNG), paid on behalf of the client to a supplier of commercial accommodation.
Report from RNZ
Some families in emergency housing are reporting their children are becoming emotionally distressed because of their living conditions. Demand for emergency accommodation has escalated last year with the number of emergency housing grants increasing by half.
Nearly 10,000 people were given an Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant between July and September last year. On top of that, the government contracted over 70 motels to house families and individuals. As of 30 November, they housed 1200 individuals.
But social services providers say the pace of demand is not slowing. And they have sounded a warning about the impact living in a motel is having on residents.