38575 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Associate Minister of Housing

38575 (2025). Hon Kieran McAnulty to the Associate Minister of Housing: Does he agree with the Minister of Housing that the underlying issue the government needs to grapple with “is how we ended up with people who sleep rough on the streets and it’s not a money issue” and if it is not a money issue, what is the issue?

Hon Tama Potaka: Homelessness is driven by a range of structural and systemic failures (e.g. poverty, supply and access to affordable housing, employment, health care). Loss of employment or income, family breakdown, developing or intensifying health conditions, and trauma such as family violence or other forms of victimisation are some of the many and complex causes.