RESEND: Labour would use NGOs to cover emergency housing shortfall

RESEND: Labour would use NGOs to cover emergency housing shortfall
Paul McBeth
(Adds dropped word 'days' in third-to-last paragraph) By Paul McBeth July 7 (BusinessDesk) - Labour Party leader Andrew Little has unveiled a new plank to the opposition party's housing policy, saying he would use non-government organisations to cover a shortfall in emergency housing that would almost treble the number of beds available.  In a policy announced just before the anniversary of the party's centenary, Little said a Labour government would boost spending on emergency housing by $15 million a year to allow NGOs to build or bu...