Emergency housing relief: Rotorua solo mother Sarah Murray reveals motel horror 14 May, 2021 07:00 PM 4 minutes to read The drugs, the fights, the abuse, the wailing and screaming and the constant banging. Sarah Murray looks back on her nine months in emergency housing motels and wonders how she and her young children survived. Now she's living the dream in transitional housing and hopes the Government's announcement this week will mean more hope for others. A $30 million deal for Rotorua has been announced by the Government to make living in emergency housing safer by grouping cohorts such as families together. The Government will also contract emergency accommodation providers direct, provide wraparound services and open a one-stop housing hub.