PHOTO: The Human Rights Commission is launching an inquiry into housing because it says successive governments have failed to give Kiwis decent homes. Credits: Newshub; Image – Getty Images
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has avoided questions on whether the housing crisis is a human rights crisis.
It comes after the Human Rights Commission announced it will launch a national inquiry into housing after what it says has been a failure by successive Governments.
The commission said it will use section 5(2) of the Human Rights Act as a guideline for its investigation – which it will announce details for later this year.
When asked on Monday if she believed the housing crisis is a human rights crisis, Ardern dodged the question.
“I believe we have a housing crisis and everything we’ve done as a Government has been an acknowledgement that we need to act and we need to do what we can,” she said.
“Of course [we need to] encourage as much activity and support as much activity in the private development sector as we can because we believe everyone deserves a warm, dry, affordable home.”
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