July 25, 2018
Determined winter push finds homes
Housing Minister Phil Twyford says more than 1,000 extra transitional, public and housing first places have been made available so far this winter, with many more expected to be ready soon.
That means the Government is well on target to create 1500 new housing places through a $100 million programme to tackle homelessness.
There have been nearly 600 new public housing tenancies, 440 transitional housing places for households on a path to long-term housing, and three households have been placed in permanent housing through Housing First.
Mr Twyford says the wider housing sector and the public have got behind the plan, with more than 270 contacts about potential housing opportunities from members of the public, private landlords or landowners, NGOs, iwi and developers.
These contacts have so far resulted in 122 more housing places being made available, with nearly 73 more expected to be ready shortly.
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