An Auckland property company that took millions in taxpayer funds to house the homeless has left Inland Revenue (IRD) and landlords out of pocket after going into liquidation.
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Silverfern Property Services has received more than any other outfit for emergency housing – $14.7 million – and charged nearly $2000 per client per week to house people in rental properties it managed across South Auckland.
Tenants who stayed there described many of the homes as substandard.
Social worker Alastair Russell, who worked with families staying in the properties, said what he saw was not fit for people to live in.
“Debris around the outside of the houses, the houses were in many cases unclean, without proper and functioning ut…
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