Hon Dr MEGAN WOODS (Minister of Housing): This Government has made a firm commitment to ensuring all New Zealanders have a warm, dry home. We are rebuilding the State housing sector with new public and transitional housing, and while this happens, we use motels as interim accommodation for people who would otherwise be sleeping rough, in campgrounds, and overcrowded situations. Between 2018 and 2020, three motels were purchased for use as transitional housing. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development also has one direct leasing project. Through Vote Housing and Urban Development this Government spends approximately $142,761.75 for 924 contracted transitional housing motel units. I am proud of the work that this Government did to ensure that we tackled homelessness during the COVID-19 lockdown, and we still have 1,067 motel units supporting people identified as homeless during that lockdown period. Their approximate spend is $154,715 per day for these motel units. However, this is not our long-term plan. Our Government has a plan to move people out of homelessness and motels and into publicly owned, fit for purpose transitional housing. When we came into Government there were—