Auckland calls for Govt help as homelessness surges 53 percent in four months | Stuff.co.nz

The Auckland Council has sent a "please help" letter to the Government over rapidly increasing levels of homelessness. In just four months, it recorded a 53 percent rise in people sleeping rough in the city. Grace Thomas reports. | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB Read more: For full coverage visit www.Stuff.co.nz Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nzstuff Twitter: https://twitter.com/NZStuff