The report revealed that Rotorua paid out 3114 of the special grants that enable users to pay for temporary motel accommodation, totalling $4,674,061. The only other region to hit four figures was Tauranga, with 1469 grants at a cost of $2,561,353. The combined total of grants paid out between Tauranga, Kawerau, Ōpōtiki, Western Bay of Plenty and Whakatāne was 2265 grants. Across the Bay of Plenty in the same period a total of $8,171,940 was paid out in special needs grants, transitional housing places and public housing tenancies. Rotorua also topped the list for Housing Register applicants at 637, followed again by Tauranga (520). The report also included data on benefit payments over the calender year 2020, which totalled $631.2m.