Judith Collins said the agency needs to look at the “dopey policy” given the current demand for state housing.
People are staying for as long as six months, three more than planned.
The Sallies want community organisations like churches to open their doors during the colder months.
1 NEWS took to the streets to meet some of those forced to live in parks and cars.
Those in community housing schemes look unlikely to receive the same pay-out as Housing NZ tenants.
National spokeswoman Judith Collins says each eviction needs to be looked at individually.
Housing New Zealand evicted 87 families between 2014-15 and 2017-18.
Since 2016, $51 million has been spent on the accommodation.
Tens of millions of dollars are being spent on those struggling – but not all beneficiaries are following the rules.
Remediation only appropriate for identified former P labs and homes where high use has taken place.
1 NEWS first asked for the information in 2016 but was declined by Corrections on the grounds that "it did not exist in a form that could be readily supplied".
The scare comes as council puts her house up for sale over unpaid rates.
In the last year 20 families have asked for hardship grants through Work and Income to buy a tent to live in.
Garth McVicar made a controversial Facebook post about the incident.
Children as young as 10 watching increasingly violent porn.
David Clark said the Counties Manukau DHB isn't the only one with leaky buildings.
It's killed thousands of people around the world and now Fentanyl is here.
Sir Lloyd Geering is the only person to be tried for heresy in NZ.
Susan Austen was accused of giving the drug pentobarbitone to Annemarie Treadwell in 2016, knowing she would commit suicide.
The powerful painkiller has killed tens of thousands of people in the US.
Members of the Wellington Phoenix lent a land to help deliver some good cheer.
The bill will make cannabis products more easily available to patients with a terminal illness or in chronic pain.
1 NEWS has obtained figures showing drug use by inmates is on the decline.
Online commenters have described the book as "a load of trash", "child abuse" and "trying to normalize something that's not normal".
He wants to give families the confidence they're taking re-entry seriously.
Chaz Harris' book Maiden Voyage tells the story of the love between two young female characters.
100K calls for help are made yearly.
From early next year, sales of existing houses will be restricted to citizens or residents of New Zealand.
Liam Fontaine says he reacted with "natural instinct" when he tackled a dairy thief.
Coca Cola owns the trademark for the United Kingdom-based smoothie and juice brand called Innocent.
