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How many people, if any, have left the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial without moving out of emergency housing into more stable housing and how does that number break down by location?

Answered Question 294 (2026)
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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  • How many people, if any, have left the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s emergency housing social outcomes-based contracting trial without moving out of emergency housing into more stable housing and how does that number break down by location?

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Hon Tama Potaka

Member for Hamilton West · National Party · Associate Minister of Housing

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People are not required to let the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) know where they live once they stop receiving assistance. There is a requirement to balance the requirement to monitor the effectiveness of our interventions with peoples' right to privacy.