Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: I just want to remind that member that the emergency housing special needs grant was actually established under the previous National Government, in response to a homelessness problem that had been largely ignored. Many of the developments that have taken place since that special needs grant was first established have seen improvements—improvements like a navigational service to support those in emergency accommodation to access other social supports they might need; housing brokers, that we put in place, that weren't in place previously, to support people to be able to negotiate other housing, to find other housing outside of emergency accommodation. It is not ideal having New Zealand families in emergency accommodation, but it is a failure of previous Governments to invest in housing that has led us to this situation.