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GOVERNMENT ACCUSED OF DOUBLE STANDARDS
June 11 2021
The government has been accused of having one rule for private landlords and another for itself when it comes to meeting its own healthy homes standards.
Fewer than one-in-five state homes comply with the government's own health homes standards, which becomes law for private landlords on 1 July 2021
PASIFIKA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FACE WORST HOUSING DEPRIVATION IN NZ
June 18 2021
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KID'S SHOES PATCHED WITH CARDBOARD- KIDSCAN SPONSORED POST/STORY
June 17 2021
We have a huge amount of kids in emergency housing, often moved to the other side of town. We transport 145 kids from motels to schools around Rotorua every morning, just to get them there. That's up from 68 children in March and it's just the ones we know about - some parents feel too embarrassed about their situation to say anything.
KAINGA ORA ASKED FOR EXTENSION TO GET STATE HOUSES UP TO HEALTHY HOMES STANDARDS, NATIONAL MP CLAIMS
July 1 2021
The state landlord refuses to say whether it has asked for an extension to its 2023 deadline to get state housing stock up to the Government’s new Healthy Homes standards.
Kainga Ora already has a different timeframe to make sure their 68,000 public homes meet the Government’s new Healthy Homes standards, which mandate requirements for heating, insulation, and ventilation.