30888 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Associate Minister of Housing

30888 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Associate Minister of Housing: What metrics are used in the monthly and six-monthly insights he receives to assess the prevalence or severity of housing deprivation?

Hon Tama Potaka: The six-monthly Homelessness Insights report is a collation of a number of different measures and observations. Census Severe Housing Deprivation estimates are measured as counts and prevalence per 10,000 usual resident population. Other measures in December Homelessness Insights report included: Numbers of people rough sleeping; Numbers and percentages of households entering, in-service and exiting services such as emergency housing, transitional housing, Housing First and Rapid Re-housing, as well as the social housing register. I refer the member to MSD's website around metrics used for monthly report on emergency and social housing https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/statistics/housing/monthly-housing-reporting.html