The government is having a party. They're celebrating hitting its KPIs five years early. When it comes to reducing the number of people in emergency housing hotel motels by seventy five percent. They gave themselves five years to do that. They've done it already. There are now just under six hundred households in emergency motels and Damapotaka is the Associate Housing Minister and joints now.

The government is having a party. They're celebrating hitting its KPIs five years early. When it comes to reducing the number of people in emergency housing hotel motels by seventy five percent. They gave themselves five years to do that. They've done it already. There are now just under six hundred households in emergency motels and Damapotaka is the Associate Housing Minister and joints now.

Hello, Hello, tamer Hey Kire, how are you today?

Hello, Hello, tamer Hey Kire, how are you today?

I'm very well. You've beaten your own target by five years. So was the target too easy?

I'm very well. You've beaten your own target by five years. So was the target too easy?

Look? I think that there are a lot of key we's are doing it tough out there in housing, not only those that have been living in motels, but there's a real serious housing crisis out there. We've worked hard at focusing on achieving the target, which we thought was a challenging one, but one we could really commit ourselves to. I think through the hard work of many officials, a bit of political leadership, and some pretty diligent decision making, we're be able to reach the target. But now there is the question of maintaining the target, maintaining where we're at, and also dealing with the bigger emergency out there.

Look? I think that there are a lot of key we's are doing it tough out there in housing, not only those that have been living in motels, but there's a real serious housing crisis out there. We've worked hard at focusing on achieving the target, which we thought was a challenging one, but one we could really commit ourselves to. I think through the hard work of many officials, a bit of political leadership, and some pretty diligent decision making, we're be able to reach the target. But now there is the question of maintaining the target, maintaining where we're at, and also dealing with the bigger emergency out there.

How did you do it well?

How did you do it well?

We were really careful and clear about eligibility for people to go into emergency housing. That was one of the steps that we took, So being absolutely clear about who is eligible to get into emergency housing and making sure it's for a genuine need to the right question to ask. The second thing was that we provided a lot of support around housing brokers and navigators and others to enable people to come out of emergency housing, but also for those people that might fall in to keep them out of emergency housing, so that it was a variety of products that we could help housing support products help people stay out of emergency housing. The third thing we did, which was massive, was really focusing on committee or children and ensuring that they were prioritizing the social housing witless. So as there were thousands of children in emergency housing when we came into administration, we said, hey, children's a big focus. We've got to get commodiquy out of motels and hotels, dank ones, get them in a stable situation. And as a result of that decision, we're able to fast tract children and their families out and now two thousand plus children have come out of emergency housing since we took office.

We were really careful and clear about eligibility for people to go into emergency housing. That was one of the steps that we took, So being absolutely clear about who is eligible to get into emergency housing and making sure it's for a genuine need to the right question to ask. The second thing was that we provided a lot of support around housing brokers and navigators and others to enable people to come out of emergency housing, but also for those people that might fall in to keep them out of emergency housing, so that it was a variety of products that we could help housing support products help people stay out of emergency housing. The third thing we did, which was massive, was really focusing on committee or children and ensuring that they were prioritizing the social housing witless. So as there were thousands of children in emergency housing when we came into administration, we said, hey, children's a big focus. We've got to get commodiquy out of motels and hotels, dank ones, get them in a stable situation. And as a result of that decision, we're able to fast tract children and their families out and now two thousand plus children have come out of emergency housing since we took office.

But critics say, you check them out of the motels and you don't know where they are now. Is that true?

But critics say, you check them out of the motels and you don't know where they are now. Is that true?

That's very unfair and deliberately confusing. We actually arrived and we knew where about fifty percent of people we're going at that time when they left emergency housing. Now we know where they are about eighty percent of people going. There are a number of people we don't know where they're going. People don't have to tell us, but we do know where About eighty percent of those exiting emergency housing are landing, whether or not it's social or transitional fifty five percent or private housing maybe about twenty five twenty six percent. What we also are very very happy with is the number of tamochiq yekn that have come out of emergency housing. We've got a couple of other ideas that are currently in play. We've really focused on tomodache Now. We've started up a bit of a programund singles in couples with out tamdikey those that have been in there for a very long time two or three years, and trying to get them out as well.

That's very unfair and deliberately confusing. We actually arrived and we knew where about fifty percent of people we're going at that time when they left emergency housing. Now we know where they are about eighty percent of people going. There are a number of people we don't know where they're going. People don't have to tell us, but we do know where About eighty percent of those exiting emergency housing are landing, whether or not it's social or transitional fifty five percent or private housing maybe about twenty five twenty six percent. What we also are very very happy with is the number of tamochiq yekn that have come out of emergency housing. We've got a couple of other ideas that are currently in play. We've really focused on tomodache Now. We've started up a bit of a programund singles in couples with out tamdikey those that have been in there for a very long time two or three years, and trying to get them out as well.

Good stuff. Tymer Portaka currently I'll have to know. I thank you so much for your time today.

Good stuff. Tymer Portaka currently I'll have to know. I thank you so much for your time today.

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