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Palmerston North City Council budgets to build on its social housing provision.

The Palmerston North mother, who didn’t want to be named in case it made her search harder, said looking for new flat for her and her 3-year-old son was a fulltime job. “I’ve viewed over 300 houses in the space of a month, I do it [every] day... between 9am and 5.30pm. “I’ve got good references and great credit, but I just keep getting declined.” The notice period on her current flat ran out on Monday, so she and her son would be sleeping on a friend’s couch. Her son’s fath...