July 03, 2023
Homeless needing collective effort
Auckland councillor Alf Filipaina is calling for a collective approach to homelessness.
He says it’s not just a problem for the big cities, with laces like Rotorua hit hard.
Organisations such as City Mission are struggling with the number of people needing help, and it’s something that needs a big effort not just from government and non-government organisations alike.
“Tamaki Makaurau needs to step up as well with getting things together not only from the kaunihera but working with central government and the sooner that starts the better just to really have a look at the result of all the floods that have left people homeless as a result of those and just the recent downpours we have had, it just needs a collective approach,” Mr Filipaina says.
Alf Filipaina