RESEND: Social housing leads to less jail time, more education for children, test case shows

RESEND: Social housing leads to less jail time, more education for children, test case shows
Sophie Boot
(Fixes garbled headline) By Sophie Boot June 29 (BusinessDesk) - The government has released its first test case using anonymised data as part of its social investment plan, showing the effect social housing has on time people spend in jail, education and the impact on earnings. In a speech to the New Zealand Analytics Forum in Auckland today, social investment minister Amy Adams said the first social housing test case by the Ministry of Social Development's Social Investment Unit (SIU) "shows that it’s possible to understand the broad...