3 Oct 2022

Horrendous accounts, possible human rights breaches in emergency housing

From Midday Report, 12:17 pm on 3 October 2022

People evicted from emergency housing have given horrendous accounts which could be in breach of human rights according to the commission.

33 people have come forward who have come forward to the Human Rights Commission, after it put out a call last month for the experiences of emergency housing users around the country.

The commission says the system has potentially breached human rights, because there is no obvious recourse to justice for anyone poorly treated.

The National Party's housing spokesperson Chris Bishop spoke to Māni Dunlop.