VANESSA LAURIE/STUFF
Lee and Lee Leathers have finally found a rental they can call home in New Plymouth.
The freedom to cook in their own house, hang family photos on the wall and potter around in the garden were some examples of how good it felt to be out of emergency housing for the Leathers family.
At the beginning of October, after having their life being kept “on hold” for months while living in emergency accommodation and then temporary transitional housing, the family of four moved into a three-bedroom private rental in New Plymouth.
The move into a home has come as a massive relief for the family, who once spent two years living in emergency housing in Rotorua and were anxious to not repeat that experience.
“You can’t get comfortable or settled, even putting up photos wasn’t really worth it,” Lee said.
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