The number of emergency housing applications being declined has soared as the Government tightens restrictions. 

Data obtained by our newsroom under the Official Information Act shows applications have dropped significantly to the end of June, but the number being declined continues to rise. 

More applications are being declined than granted in Auckland. 

Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka told Kerre Woodham they have a range of measures either in place, or that they’re putting in place, to deal with housing insecurity and homelessness. 

He says that building a house or just having housing isn’t necessarily an enduring solution, as homelessness has a number of fathers and mothers, such as poverty or substance abuse issues.  

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