I’m not here to answer your questions.
National will do vastly better than the woeful Labour shambles.
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Some factoids to ponder over....
- NZ's prison population has fallen over 20% since the ATH recorded in 2018.
- As at June 30, 2250 LESS individuals 'reside' in prison.
- Yet meanwhile total reported crime, including violent crime, is up well over 25%
- Yet meanwhile, since 2018 the number of 'households' in emergency housing (mainly motels), has increased by.....
- Yip, you've got it, over 2200.
- Supposedly each prison inmate costs the taxpayer $150k pa. So 2250 pax @ $150K each = $337.50M pa
- Meanwhile, however, this emergency housing is costing the taxpayer well over a $1M per day, at circa $400M pa.
- And Yip, you've got it right again; a massive increase since 2017, of over $330M pa.
Correlation doesn't necessarily mean causation, but it certainly looks like one BIG rearrangement of the deck chairs by the Labour Government.
Smoke & Mirrors come to mind. Unintended or deliberate?
Buying up houses that come to market to turn into social housing, most often at inflated prices well above market value, resulting in crime ridden slums like they have turned Rotorua into, is hardly a solution. Labour has no idea how to deal with this problem they have largely created.
Building them sucks up what was an already tight building labour market I.e trades etc.
Buying them was smart and delivers quicker results.
Anyone attacking Labour's record on housing needs to PROVE that NACT are going to be any better. Going on their past performance they will probably sell off more social housing to help balance their books.
On last nights leaders debate:
Media: ‘Chris Hipkins won the debate’.
NZ Herald on-line poll:
32,806 respondents so far.
‘Who won the debate?’
Chris Hipkins: 38%
Chris Luxon: 62%