There are lots of NGOs, community service providers and iwi that could do a much better job at managing some of this housing stock than HNZ
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And Labour's answer & solution is to increase the number of people sleeping in cars & tents and those on the state housing waiting list by 350%!
That's after spending billions of dollars and increasing the number of staff at Kainga Ora by 70%.
Shows how bankrupt & devoid of ideas Ardern, Hipkins and the Labour Party are to solve problems - their one answer was and still is to throw as much money as they can borrow at the problem and increase the number of bureaucrats along with more rules and regulations.
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Actually they do.
Despite the huge increase in Government debt under Labour it is still relatively low compared to its peers on a GDP basis. And when that debt is spent on assets it is offset by their ownership of the houses. I would rather debt was spent on assets rather than just spent.
370% increase in people living in cars snd tents.
July 21st, 2023 :
Associate Social Development Minster Priyanca Radhakrishnan, under questioning in the House on Thursday afternoon, said Ministry of Social Development (MSD) data showed there were 480 applicants for emergency or transitional housing who listed “a car" as their current accommodation, compared to 102 in October 2017.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle...N6DKPGKMYA23I/
Why Kiwi couple moved to Australia - and saved enough in a year to travel the world
Thanks Labour for converting Kiwiland into a Third World hole and Crime cesspit in record 6 year timespan ;)
This commentary in the Article makes interesting reading ;)