Govt ‘pulling all stops’ on housing, says Twyford
Latest figures from the Public Housing Quarterly Report showed the Government was “pulling out all the stops” to support people in the face of the housing crisis according to Housing and Urban Development Minister Phil Twyford.
That included providing a roof for 44 more households in Northland in the last quarter.
“In the September quarter, in Northland, we made 14 more transitional housing places available and we housed 44 households from the public housing waiting list,” Mr Twyford said.
“At the same time we’re seeing more people coming forward for help, which is particularly telling, considering we made 1742 additional public housing, transitional housing and Housing First places across the country available for people in need this winter.
“The continuing demand for public housing and other housing support shows that it’s going to take a concerted effort over many years to end homelessness.
"The continuing demand for public housing and other housing support shows that it’s going to take a concerted effort over many years to end homelessness."
Housing Minister Phil Twyford
“The housing crisis was created over a decade and isn’t going to be fixed overnight.
“In Northland there are now 2055 households in public housing, with 375 households on the waiting list. This shows the hidden homeless that we warned about at the beginning of the year are continuing to come forward.”
The number of Northland individuals or families seeking emergency housing special needs grants had risen to 119 in the September quarter, while the number of tenanted or available transitional housing places stood at 153.
The plan for Northland included the provision of another 180 public housing places over the next four years.