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Did the approximately 650 Hamilton children cited by the Minister relate to contracted emergency housing, non-contracted (Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant) emergency housing, or both?

Answered Question 30309 (2026)
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Kieran McAnulty

List MP · Labour Party

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  • Did the approximately 650 Hamilton children cited by the Minister relate to contracted emergency housing, non-contracted (Emergency Housing Special Needs Grant) emergency housing, or both?

Answered by

Hon Tama Potaka

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

Answer

The Ministry of Social Development can advise that there were 516 children in the Hamilton Territorial Local Authority living in emergency housing as at 31 December 2023. Over time, this has decreased to 69 children as at 31 March 2026. This is a count of people in emergency housing, not Contracted Emergency Housing.