27117 (2025). Takutai Tarsh Kemp to the Associate Minister of Housing

27117 (2025). Takutai Tarsh Kemp to the Associate Minister of Housing: What types of residence are Aucklanders exiting Emergency Housing going to, and how many people are going to each residence type?

Hon Tama Potaka: I am advised the Ministry of Social Development’s (the Ministry) ability to track the housing outcomes of those exiting emergency housing has improved during this government’s terms with the Ministry now able to show where around 85 percent of those exiting emergency housing go. The Ministry cannot identify which type of residence people go, e.g. apartment, house, flats etc at a regional level, however, can provide you with the following: Of the households that exited emergency housing, excluding Contracted Emergency Housing (CEH), during December 2024: o 37 percent (141) left emergency housing to go into Social Housing (4 percent (15) through Community Housing Providers, 33 percent (126) through Kāinga Ora) o 29 percent (108) had moved into Transitional Housing o 19 percent (69) were receiving the Accommodation Supplement for a private rental (this includes clients with mortgage, private rental, or board costs) o 14 percent (54) did not access any of these housing-related services. The Ministry can identify people who have accessed emergency housing (EH) and see if they have accessed other Ministry housing related services that give an indication of their housing situation. The Ministry can identify when someone who has received the Emergency Housing Grant later accesses Accommodation Supplement, has attained a Social Housing Tenancy or has been placed with a Transitional Housing provider. The modelling is limited to those who have accessed further housing support after leaving EH and households are under no obligation to tell government where they are moving to. For example, the Ministry are unable to identify those who have entered a private rental without accessing an Accommodation Supplement. It is unlikely that the Ministry will ever achieve a complete view because people are not required to let the Ministry know where they live once they stop receiving assistance. The Ministry need to balance the requirement to monitor the effectiveness of their interventions with the need to respect individuals’ reasonable right to privacy.