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I have a lot of family in Napier; my younger sister is a solo Mum with a four year old daughter currently living in a 60m2 2 bed unit for $300/week, agreement ending at the end of March. The property I recently bought there is a 100m2 3 bed on 700m2 section so she is going to move in and pay market for it . . . .
And when she gets behind in the rent what are you going to do?
(Rule #1: Never lend money to family; Rule #2: Never rent property to family.)
Auckland's motels and boarding houses are becoming an increasingly frequent refuge for people with nowhere to live. But not everyone is happy with the arrangement. The manager of one south Auckland motel, who asked not to be named, says homeless guests are . . . not good for us. They steal our stuff and break our stuff.
They cause damage to the property and never care for the property. Not all of them are bad. I would estimate about 40 per cent. He said the property most commonly stolen by homeless guests is small items such as pillows and pillow cases. The motel requires a bond from guests but it's sometimes a smaller amount than the value of the stolen property, he says. We've had televisions stolen three or four times.
The Ministry of Social Development provides funding for people who need emergency housing through a special needs grant introduced in July 2016. Figures released to the North Shore Times under the Official Information Act showed 227 grants were given out on the Shore in the December 2016 quarter, at a cost of $212,245. But more than $200,000 a quarter was a lot of money to spend on motels as a stop-gap measure, said Jan Rutledge, manager of emergency housing provider De Paul House in Northcote.
Families using motels were distressed, as the accommodation was only secured a week at a time and could be unsafe, she said. "Kids want to go out and explore, as kids do - you can't keep them in a motel room watching TV. But it's not your space and there's a mix of others on site and you have no control over that." Rutledge said the current school holidays made staying in a motel even more challenging for families with children, particularly those over 10. Most of the families did not have money or transport to take their children to any activities. "It's not just the stigma, it's the boredom."
plenty of housing in NZ, just have to move out of Auckland and perhaps not be a p smoking looser
Seems to be plenty of rentals in Auckland actually - over 3600 on Trademe as of today. There is also the Accommodation Supplement for lower income households.
So if it's not availability, and not money, why are people in emergency housing or otherwise 'homeless'. Answers on a postcard to your local MP .....
Seems to be plenty of rentals in Auckland actually - over 3600 on Trademe as of today. There is also the Accommodation Supplement for lower income households.
So if it's not availability, and not money, why are people in emergency housing or otherwise 'homeless'. Answers on a postcard to your local MP .....
Are all those 3600 properties advertised empty or about to be empty?
I wonder how many are empty verses how much rearranging people between the properties happens.
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