52532 (2024). Tamatha Paul to the Associate Minister of Housing

52532 (2024). Tamatha Paul to the Associate Minister of Housing: Can the Minister guarantee that not a single person who has exited emergency accommodation between April and July 2024 has since been sleeping on the street, in cars, or in overcrowded accommodation, and if not, will he take steps to be able to make that guarantee?

Hon Tama Potaka: I can advise the member that where people have a genuine need and continue to meet their responsibilities in emergency housing, they will likely continue to be eligible for support. I am advised by the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) that officials can identify where around 78 percent of households who left emergency housing in April 2024 exited to in the following 60 days, including: • 28 percent accessing Accommodation Supplement (e.g. private rental or boarding) • 27 percent entering Social Housing • 21 percent entering Transitional Housing Furthermore, between April and July 2024, 540 whānau, including over 1,100 tamariki, exited emergency housing into sustainable tenancies in Social Housing via the Priority One pathway and into social housing. Households are under no obligation to tell government where they are moving to. I am advised officials are unable to identify housing outcomes for everyone who leaves emergency housing. For example, officials cannot see those who have entered a private rental without accessing Accommodation Supplement or who move in with family or friends. Officials have advised the modelling is limited to those who have accessed further housing support after leaving emergency housing.