37447 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Housing

Written Question

Published date: 25 Jun 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	37447 (2024)
Question asked:	10 Jun 2024
Member asking:	Hon Willow-Jean Prime
Portfolio:	Associate Minister of Housing
Minister replying:	Hon Tama Potaka
Answer received:	18 Jun 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_37447_2024
Document guid:	764e18b6-e1a8-4b45-b937-37b9643541f6

37447 (2024). Hon Willow-Jean Prime to the Associate Minister of Housing: How, if at all, is youth homelessness defined?

Hon Tama Potaka: New Zealand defines homelessness as living situations where people with no other options to acquire safe and secure housing are living without shelter, in temporary accommodation, sharing accommodation with a household or living in uninhabitable housing. This definition includes youth.