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  • The Great Leftwing/MSM Homelessness Beat-up

    From JohnO@3:770/3 to All on Thursday, August 25, 2016 15:53:04
    An Otago University academic study of homelessness finds that it was higher in 2006 under Labour than it is in 2013 under National.

    Refer to table 4, section 1:

    http://www.healthyhousing.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Severe-housing-deprivation-in-Aotearoa-2001-2013-1.pdf

    Living without habitable accommodation due to a lack of access to minimally adequate housing:

    2001: 1,296
    2006: 5,031
    2013: 4,197

    These are the *homeless* numbers.

    The category that has grown is:

    Living as a temporary resident in a severely crowded, permanent private dwelling due to a lack of access to minimally adequate housing

    2001: 28,917
    2006: 33,946
    2013: 41,207

    Those people are *not* homeless. That number has grown by some 7,000 against general population growth. 2006 was 0.8% of population and 2013 was 0.9% - hardly a catastrophic rise given the GFC and the population growth against stubborn non growth in land
    supply for housing.

    In other words, the "homelessness crisis" is a beatup - unless you accept there
    was a greater "crisis" under Labour. Just the facts, ma'am.

    No surprises here.

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  • From Tony @3:770/3 to All on Thursday, August 25, 2016 19:31:39
    JohnO <johno1234@gmail.com> wrote:
    An Otago University academic study of homelessness finds that it was higher in 2006 under Labour than it is in 2013 under National.

    Refer to table 4, section 1:

    http://www.healthyhousing.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Severe-housing-deprivation-in-Aotearoa-2001-2013-1.pdf

    Living without habitable accommodation due to a lack of access to minimally >adequate housing:

    2001: 1,296
    2006: 5,031
    2013: 4,197

    These are the *homeless* numbers.

    The category that has grown is:

    Living as a temporary resident in a severely crowded, permanent private >dwelling due to a lack of access to minimally adequate housing

    2001: 28,917
    2006: 33,946
    2013: 41,207

    Those people are *not* homeless. That number has grown by some 7,000 against >general population growth. 2006 was 0.8% of population and 2013 was 0.9% - >hardly a catastrophic rise given the GFC and the population growth against >stubborn non growth in land supply for housing.

    In other words, the "homelessness crisis" is a beatup - unless you accept >there was a greater "crisis" under Labour. Just the facts, ma'am.

    No surprises here.
    I live in an area that has a very diverse mix of people and some of the schools and one college are low decile. There are a large number of people living here that you might expect to be poor, The largest employer is a Maori organisation with a nationally recognised and thoroughly deserved reputation for excellence. I am heavily involved in the community and I see no evidence at all of people without adequate living arrangements. Yes we have a food bank and they are very busy at times but we do not have people living in cold houses or in cars or anything else like that. I would expect to see it here if it was a prominent issue.
    Tony

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