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"Private developers build for profit, public housing providers are building for longevity so they need high quality, durable housing that's built to last.
If we build too cheaply we pay for it down the line."
#ElizabethLester, Chief Executive, Dwell Housing Trust, 2025
RNZ · Homelessness to get worse under new Kāinga Ora plan, housing provider warns
The NatACT First government also claim;
"... also claims to have met its targets of lowering the number of households in emergency housing by 75 percent five years early, although where 20 percent of those who had left remains a mystery."
#AdamBurns, 2025
I've seen a bunch of them as I made my way around the country this summer. Sleeping rough, living in backpackers hostels, or making bedrooms out of garages. It's getting tough out there ... again.
RNZ · Homelessness to get worse under new Kāinga Ora plan, housing provider warns