Motel bill $10,650 and rising for homeless Cambridge familyCHRISTEL YARDLEY/FAIRFAX NZ Waipa Mayor Jim Mylchreest, while sympathetic, said the housing shortage was New Zealand-wide and not just in Waipa. The Cambridge family have already racked up $10,650 in emergency housing grants after they were evicted from their home in April. They have applied for a Housing Corporation home and have also been looking elsewhere. One has already been matched while others are in the process of being matched," a statement from Housing Corporation NZ said. "We [continually] review a client's need for emergency housing to update their circumstances and need," Papesch said.

Source: Stuff July 03, 2017 00:56 UTC