Mahvash Ikram Associate Housing Minister Tama Potaka has defended the government’s new guidelines on emergency housing, saying that tighter access is not disadvantaging rough sleepers and people living without proper shelter. Under the guidelines, introduced in August 2024, Ministry of Social Development (MSD) staff can deny emergency housing applications where they believed the person had contributed to his or her own circumstances. But Potaka said MSD still approves most applications in i...
