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Paul Gilberd: CEO of community housing says focus should remain on helping the most vulnerable people

Paul Gilberd: CEO of community housing says focus should remain on helping the most vulnerable people

Update: 2025-10-15
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A report by The New Zealand Initiative finds the Government's ownership of 77,000 state houses has maintenance costs nearly twice that of a private landlord.

It finds it also doesn't respond quickly enough to issues like rent arrears, and troublesome tenants.

CEO of community housing Paul Gilberd told Kerre Woodham that the top priority for government housing is to support society's most vulnerable people. 

'We're seeing huge surge in, youth and older adult and women's homelessness, which is very much hidden because women in particular are not safe on the streets.'

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Paul Gilberd: CEO of community housing says focus should remain on helping the most vulnerable people

Paul Gilberd: CEO of community housing says focus should remain on helping the most vulnerable people

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