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Podcast: The Mike Hosking Breakfast
Episode: Mike's Minute: The political divide on homelessness
Description: There was a huge reaction to yesterday's Politics Wednesday segment on homelessness and move-on orders. Labour argues homelessness is up dramatically and there is nowhere for these people to go. New numbers released today show that simply, in Auckland anyway, is not true. Advocates working in the area tell us numbers are down 29%. Part of that drop is due to Government funding in October of last year to improve outreach, as well as the provision of 207 housing places in the Housing First programme. So, like a lot of other issue...