The Government is being blasted for not doing enough to deal with homelessness, leaving maraes and community organisations to step into the breach.

Social Housing Minister Paula Bennett will meet with the chairman of Te Puea Marae today, and is considering giving them a funding injection to help their efforts dealing with homeless people.

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Maori Party co-leader Marama Fox said extra money for the Marae will be welcome, but the situation still isn't good enough.

"So it's good that they do it. It's not good enough that the Government have been caught out in this situation and there are not enough beds. There is a rising problem."

Ms Fox said there needs to be a plan for the future.

"The marae don't want to be the provider - they want these people to be housed and homed in secure permanent homes, so it's a stop gap measure they have indicated they don't want to go past winter."

She said the marae "don't want to be the provider - they want these people to be housed and homed in secure permanent homes", but are only a stop gap measure, not meant to go past winter.