Tensions grow as Auckland residents battle public housing block

Residents of Millwater in North Auckland are battling to stop Kāinga Ora from building 37 new houses for the homeless, Stuff reports, fearing it will bring anti-social behaviour to their neighbourhood. Last week, graffiti in large letters appeared on a retaining wall in Milford saying it is “our hood now”. Government housing agency Kāinga Ora has said it is sympathetic to the residents’ concerns but the question remains: if not here, then where would desperately needed public housing be built?