An Auckland mum of four young children lived in emergency housing for eight months, but they've recently moved into a private rental. National's Nicola Willis says emergency housing was only ever supposed to be a short-term solution. Wellington City Missioner Murray Edridge says there are greater volumes of people going into emergency housing, reflecting the housing shortage, which is a "deeply complex and difficult issue to fix". Woods says the government is aware of what is happening in emergency housing. She says they're looking to provide more support to those in emergency housing.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 18, 2021 22:59 UTC