Our emergency motel housing is being described as a sad situation, as the longest stay now stretches more than three years.

Figures show more than a thousand people have stayed in them for longer than a year.

In 2018, just three people had been in emergency motels for more than a year... but that number now sits at 12-hundred.

Social housing advocate Bernie Smith says when National introduced emergency motels in 2017, it was intended as a temporary solution.

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Our emergency motel housing is being described as a sad situation, as the longest stay now stretches more than three years.
Figures show more than a thousand people have stayed in them for longer than a year.
In 2018, just three people had been in emergency motels for more than a year... but that number now sits at 12-hundred.
Social housing advocate Bernie Smith says when National introduced emergency motels in 2017, it was intended as a temporary solution.
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