People desensitised to poor housing – social worker

Tuesday, August 18th, 2015

People have become desensitised to the number of Māori and Pasifika families living in poor housing, garages and even cars, a former South Auckland social worker says.

George Makapatana, who has had 11-years of social work experience in South Auckland, said stories of vulnerable families living in garages or cars were met with shock years ago.

However, that had changed and people had become desensitised to bad housing conditions. Continue reading

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