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From: Ben Schmidt <[FYI request #14678 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 14 February 2021 11:05 AM
To: OIA_Requests (MSD) <[MSD request email]>
Subject: Official Information request - Emergency Housing Policy

Dear Ministry of Social Development (MSD),

In accordance with the Official Information Act I request any MSD policy, process, and/or guidance documents used by MSD regarding;

1. How MSD should respond when someone presents in person to a Service Centre requesting emergency housing or advising that they are homeless, 2. How MSD will assess an individual or household's eligibility for emergency housing, and what emergency housing providers (such as a motel or boarding house) the individual or household may be eligible for, or not, and 3. How MSD will determine if someone if fulfilling their obligations to look for alternative housing or not, and how non-compliance will be managed before emergency housing is terminated or the costs made recoverable.

Please provide the above response in pdf format.

If any further clarification is required, please let me know.

Yours faithfully,

Ben Schmidt
Coordinator
Manawatu Tenants' Union

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Ministry of Social Development

 

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