Shortage of affordable housing takes toll
Working with young offenders from some of our poorest suburbs leaves Joanne Henare acutely aware of the consequences of low incomes and substandard housing.
Sunday, September 21st 2003, 7:31AM
by The Landlord
Her income means she doesn't qualify for an accommodation supplement to help meet private sector housing costs. Nor can she get a childcare subsidy. And with 7000 Aucklanders on the waiting list, she wouldn't get near a state house of her own.
But after paying the rent, childcare costs and student loan repayments, Henare has less to come and go on than even her worst-off clients - $60 a week for food, clothing and bills.
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