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Social housing advocate on the sad situation of emergency motel housing

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Mon, 21 Nov 2022, 7:43am
12 hundred people have been in emergency hotels for more than a year (123RF).
12 hundred people have been in emergency hotels for more than a year (123RF).

Social housing advocate on the sad situation of emergency motel housing

Author
¾ÅÒ»ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞtalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 21 Nov 2022, 7:43am

Our emergency motel housing is being described as a sad situation, as the longest stay now stretches more than three years.

Figures show more than a thousand people have stayed in them for longer than a year.

In 2018, just three people had been in emergency motels for more than a year... but that number now sits at 12-hundred.

Social housing advocate Bernie Smith says when National introduced emergency motels in 2017, it was intended as a temporary solution.

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