Saturday, May 15, 2021

Asian parents give lie to the NZ narrative

The non-challenged New Zealand narrative is that housing costs are a major driver of child poverty. 

Rents are unaffordable, houses are damp and mouldy, and children go hungry and ill as a consequence.

Consider these newly released graphs from the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC):




Asian children live in homes with the highest ratio of housing- to- income costs.

Asian children have the lowest experience of damp, mouldy homes.

Asian children are the least likely to go hungry.

Looks a lot to me like Asians prioritise renting or buying at the limit of their capability; that they seek better properties and better neighbourhoods and take responsibility for any damp or mould; and that even on tight budgets they know how to feed their kids.

Asian parents give lie to the New Zealand narrative.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

ABsolutely spot on well doneLindsay Mitchell. I didn't think there waS ANYONE AROUND OUT THEIR
WHO HAVE THE GUTS TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS KEEP IT COMING ITS LIKE A BREATH OF FRESH AIR

Bob McCoskrie said...

You should read her excellent report that she did for Family First
https://www.familyfirst.org.nz/research/child-poverty-2016/