Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Bernie Smith: Former CEO of Monte Cecilia Housing Trust on the overhaul to Kainga Ora's leadership

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Bernie Smith: Former CEO of Monte Cecilia Housing Trust on the overhaul to Kainga Ora's leadership · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Any Smith, former Chief Executive of Monte Cecilia Housing Trust,
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  Speaker 1: is with us as well. Bernie. Morning to you, morning mine.
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  Speaker 1: So what's your thing the way the government broadly speaking
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  Speaker 1: of approaching new chair, new board, new chief executive and
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  Speaker 1: today the announcement we're going to have a lot of land,
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  Speaker 1: Is that, broadly speaking, in your view the right thing
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  Speaker 1: to be doing.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I think the previous board and CEO
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  Speaker 2: just we're given unilateral decisions to do what they wanted,
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  Speaker 2: when they wanted, how they wanted, and now we're in
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  Speaker 2: this position.
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  Speaker 1: The use of the private provider, so this government favors
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  Speaker 1: that more than the previous government. Is that the way forward?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think we still need both. We need coming
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  Speaker 2: or as well. But I think community housing providers certainly
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  Speaker 2: offer in the community for the community and has a
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  Speaker 2: better way of managing tenants who and has medical and
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  Speaker 2: other risks where supporters required more.
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  Speaker 1: In depth the attitude as landlord. Do you think that'll
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  Speaker 1: change and did it need to change?
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  Speaker 2: Well, it needs to change, Mike. I mean I'm a
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  Speaker 2: little bit concerned about the letter that was given to
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  Speaker 2: the board chair from the Housing Minister because the emphasis
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  Speaker 2: is on the finances, which obviously needed to be but
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  Speaker 2: regarding the management of tenants and supportive tenants came in
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  Speaker 2: point four and it was more about misbehaving tenants than
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  Speaker 2: actually working to ensure that tenants have their well being
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  Speaker 2: taken care of while they're in state housing exactly.
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  Speaker 1: Bernie Good to catch up here as always Bernie Smith,
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  Speaker 1: former CEO of Monte Cecilia Housing. For more from Newstalk
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