Substandard motels taken off Govt's emergency accommodation list
Substandard motels taken off Govt's emergency accommodation list Newshub 1/05/2021 © Video - Newshub Nation; Image - Getty Carmel Sepuloni on Newshub Nation. Carmel Sepuloni has admitted some emergency housing the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) has put people in has been so bad, she's told the agency to stop using it. At the start of the year there were more than 8000 Kiwis living in motels due to a lack of affordable housing. Around half were children, 750 of whom had been living in temporary accommodation for more than six months. $1 million a day is currently being spent on emer...