Clients ‘carefully screened’ to make sure of Rotorua links, council boss says
People wanting emergency housing in Rotorua are now being “carefully screened” by Government agencies to ensure they are from Rotorua or have family in Rotorua, the city’s council boss says.
The revelation came at a Rotorua Lakes Council meeting this week. Chief executive Geoff Williams said the undertaking was given by the Government when Rotorua mayor Tania Tapsell signed the Rotorua Housing Accord in December.
Government agencies and politicians have always said emergency housing was available to anyone in need and denied allegations Rotorua was being used as a “dumping ground” for out-of-town homeless.
Williams was speaking at the council’s district development committee meeting, where an update on the Rotorua Housing Accord was given by council staff.
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