Posts Tagged ‘Housing’

Financial constraint closes hostel for vulnerable women

Friday, April 19th, 2013

A hostel for vulnerable women and children in Palmerston North is to close because the Salvation Army says it is not financiallyviable and the money will be better spent on other services. Captain Allan Clark, in charge of the Salvation Army of Palmerston North corps, said the women’s hostel would shut by the end of Read more

Housing New Zealand — policy or punishment

Friday, March 2nd, 2012

Alice would be right at home in the Wonderland John Key is busy creating. A land where widows will have to queue alongside solo mums with a 1-year-old infant strapped to their backs, to apply for jobs that don’t exist. A land where the state provider of housing for the most needy is to close Read more