Claims emergency housing are a breeding ground for criminal activity, despite a big spend.
Newstalk ZB has revealed the Government's spent one billion dollars on emergency housing since coming to power five years ago.
A caller told Kerre Woodham he has been in nine different motels over the past 18 months.
The man, who doesn't want to give his name, says the motels are rife with gangs, who use kids in drug deals and don't feed them properly.
"Me and my wife are so sad that we see it in front of us, that we end up giving some of our kai to the kids because no kid should have to go through what they go through."
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