58760 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction

58760 (2025). Hon Jan Tinetti to the Minister for Child Poverty Reduction: Has the Minister sought or received any analysis of how current emergency housing, benefit sanction, and compliance policies interact to increase or reduce the risk of children living in cars, overcrowded housing, or other unsafe situations; if so, what were the key findings?

Hon Louise Upston: In my capacity as Minister for Child Poverty Reduction, I regularly request and receive advice on a range of topics. In the interest of transparency, a list of reports received by my office from the Ministry of Social Development is regularly published on the Ministry of Social Development website: https://www.msd.govt.nz/about-msd-and-our-work/publications-resources/information-releases/reports-to-the-minister-for-child-poverty-reduction/index.html