This week Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka announced the number of families living in emergency housing had reduced by 68 percent under this government.
It is now down to 993 - to be precise.
The difference between a stable home and being in crisis, can be as simple as the loss of a job or a relationship break up.
Our next guest, long-time child and poverty advocate Professor Mark Henaghan, is calling for changes to the Property Relationship Act - to greater protect children when relationships do breakdown.