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It turns out kicking homeless people out of motels increases homelessness
Briefly for all subscribers, the key things to know from Aotearoa-NZ’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Thursday, July 24 are:
* Housing Ministers Chris Bishop and Tama Potaka have finally released an official Homelessness Insights report sent to Ministers in June. It shows rough sleeping has risen between around 25% and 225% in our biggest cities in the last year since the Government started shutting down emergency housing in motels and tripled its rejection rate for housing grant applications to over 30%.
* I spoke with Auckland City Missioner Helen Robinson last…
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