Motels used to temporarily house homeless people were found to often be unclean and unsafe
There are now more than 26,000 people waiting for social housing, nearly 21,000 more than five years ago. Close to 9,000 are living in emergency accommodation, with Māori making up 60% of those. The Guardianin September – some of whom had been living in motels for more than two years – about the toll living in such accommodation can take.
“We heard from young people who felt so unsafe living alongside some adults in emergency accommodation that they have resorted to or returned to living on the street,” Hunt said. Others described feeling threatened by motel management, and other clients, some of whom had significant mental health and addiction needs.
But he said it was time the government phased out the use of privately owned motels to deliver emergency accommodation, for a new system to be designed with Māori needs at the forefront.
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