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State House ‘P’ Users: One Strike And You’re Out
Darroch Ball MP
Spokesperson for Social Development
31
MARCH 2016
State House ‘P’ Users: One Strike And You’re Out
State house tenants who choose to smoke or make methamphetamine should be kicked out for life, says New Zealand First.
“The rule must be one strike and you’re out,” says New Zealand First Spokesperson for Social Policy Darroch Ball.
“Hundreds of state houses have been contaminated by methamphetamine and are sitting empty. It’s a national disgrace.
“At present tenants removed from a state house for P contamination can be back in a state house within as little as 12 months.
“We cannot allow state houses to be used for criminal activities. That behaviour comes at the expense of the taxpayer to the tune of tens of millions of dollars for clean ups and hundreds of honest families on state house waiting lists.
“In the first six months of this financial year more ‘P’ contaminated state houses have been found than in the previous four years combined. This is the beginning of a crisis and it needs to be stopped,” says Mr Ball.
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