Heather du Plessis-Allan: Government must deal with appalling behaviour of emergency housing residents in motels
15 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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One of the problems is the sheer concentration of people in emergency housing in small areas. Photo / File
One of the problems is the sheer concentration of people in emergency housing in small areas. Photo / File
COMMENT
There was a sad twist in the otherwise happy story of 3-year-old Axle who survived a night in the Gisborne bush alone. Axle and his family - it transpired - were homeless earlier this year, living in a tent.
They had been in an emergency housing motel, but it was a bad situation with drugs and alcohol and people fighting and smashing things all the time, and Axle s mum says she didn t want her kid around that . A tent was preferable.
News from Wellington City Council
Te Wāhi Āwhina, a community support space in Manners Street, has officially opened following a dawn blessing this morning.
Te Wāhi Āwhina is one of the Council’s commitments to The Pōneke Promise – a joint social contract launched in April with the Regional Council, the city’s hospitality industry, retailers, and Police.
Wellington Mayor Andy Foster says The Pōneke Promise is a combined response to keeping the city safe. “The opening of Te Wāhi Āwhina is one of the Council’s pledges to the Pōneke Promise.
“It’s also an action following on from the release of a Police and Wellington City Council report last September on safety in and around Te Aro Park. Wellingtonians love their city, and everyone should feel accepted, understood, and safe.”
Tuesday, 11 May 2021, 1:29 pm
Te Wāhi Āwhina, a community support space in Manners
Street, has officially opened following a dawn blessing this
morning (Tuesday 11 May).
Te Wāhi Āwhina is one of
the Council’s commitments to The Pōneke Promise – a
joint social contract launched in April with Greater
Wellington Regional Council, the City’s hospitality
industry, retailers, and Police.
Wellington Mayor Andy
Foster says The Pōneke Promise is a combined response to
keeping the city safe. “The opening of Te Wāhi Āwhina is
one of the Council’s pledges to the Pōneke
Promise.
“It’s also an action following on from
Press Release – Wellington City Council Te Whi whina, a community support space in Manners Street, has officially opened following a dawn blessing this morning (Tuesday 11 May). Te Whi whina is one of the Councils commitments to The Pneke Promise a joint social contract …
Te Wāhi Āwhina, a community support space in Manners Street, has officially opened following a dawn blessing this morning (Tuesday 11 May).
Te Wāhi Āwhina is one of the Council’s commitments to The Pōneke Promise – a joint social contract launched in April with Greater Wellington Regional Council, the City’s hospitality industry, retailers, and Police.