Post by Kiwi Frontline on Dec 15, 2022 1:57:37 GMT 12
HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION'S DAMNING REPORT ON EMERGENCY HOUSING POINTS TO RIGHTS BREACHES
And the third breach, was that people were being evicted into homelessness by accommodation providers who were not subject to accountability arrangements honouring the Treaty of Waitangi.
At any one time, close to 9000 New Zealanders are living in emergency accommodation (60 percent with whakapapa Māori) and 100,000 people overall are considered homeless.
Referencing RNZ's reporting in its findings, the Human Rights Commission said this law change directly "led to a beach of the right to accountability and access to justice for these individuals, as well as breaching other features of their right to a decent home".
"This situation is also likely to breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/12/human-rights-commission-s-damning-report-on-emergency-housing-points-to-rights-breaches.html
And the third breach, was that people were being evicted into homelessness by accommodation providers who were not subject to accountability arrangements honouring the Treaty of Waitangi.
At any one time, close to 9000 New Zealanders are living in emergency accommodation (60 percent with whakapapa Māori) and 100,000 people overall are considered homeless.
Referencing RNZ's reporting in its findings, the Human Rights Commission said this law change directly "led to a beach of the right to accountability and access to justice for these individuals, as well as breaching other features of their right to a decent home".
"This situation is also likely to breach Te Tiriti o Waitangi.".....
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/12/human-rights-commission-s-damning-report-on-emergency-housing-points-to-rights-breaches.html