In an apparent policy U-turn, Social Housing Minister Amy Adams told the Otago Daily Times the Government planned to increase the social housing stock in Dunedin by 40 within the next three years. Ms Adams said it was also planning to provide 22 ‘‘transitional emergency housing places’’ in the city by the middle of the year. Dunedin social service agencies this week said the situation in Dunedin had grown steadily worse. That is the highest level since MSD took over the social housing register in mid-2014. This was why it was putting $354 million towards securing 2150 transitional social housing places across New Zealand.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 20, 2017 18:11 UTC