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How many children, if any, who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were exits other than "priority one", and what is known about their subsequent housing? and 7 other questions

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Asked by

Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

Questions

  • 30308

    How many children, if any, who left emergency housing motels since the Minister took office were exits other than "priority one", and what is known about their subsequent housing?

  • 30310

    How many, if any, of the approximately 650 Hamilton children have a housing destination recorded as "unknown"?

  • 30311

    Of the Hamilton children who left emergency housing motels other than through Priority One, how many have a recorded housing destination, broken down by housing state?

  • 30312

    Of the approximately 650 children the Minister states left Hamilton emergency housing motels, how many left through the Priority One category and how many through other exit pathways?

  • 30314

    How many children exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category in each year since 2024?

  • 30316

    How many children, if any, who exited emergency housing had a recorded destination of "unknown"?

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  • 30317

    For children who exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category, how many were recorded against each housing state of social housing tenancy, transitional housing, accommodation supplement or private rental, "other," and "unknown"?

  • 30318

    How many, if any children exited emergency housing other than through the Priority One category in each month since January 2024?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

I am advised that the Ministry of Social Development (the Ministry) cannot track outcomes for specific children after leaving emergency housing except those in the Priority One Fast Track. This is because at the point of an Emergency Housing Grant application, the client provides Ministry staff with the total number of adults and children who are expected to stay in the emergency accommodation. Applicants for emergency housing are not, however, required to share the names of dependent children included in the grant. The Ministry can identify households and children who have been tagged in the Priority One Fast Track and housed in social housing. The Priority One category was introduced to the Social Housing register to ensure that whānau with children who had been living in emergency housing for 12 weeks are prioritised into available social housing. Obtaining the number of client exits from the Priority One category into non-social housing would require substantial manual collation and would require the Ministry to divert personnel from their core duties. In accordance with Speaker’s Ruling 210/6, I consider that the time, and hence the expense, of answering these questions within this timeframe is not in the public interest. As at 31 March 2026, there have been 471 children in the Hamilton Territorial Local Authority tagged Priority One Fast Track and exited emergency housing into social housing.