Motels are reaping record amounts for housing the homeless - tens of millions of dollars every month. The government spend on motels has nearly tripled over the last year, with each stay costing on average 20 percent more than a year ago.
Taxpayers have paid one Auckland motel a total of $6 million, despite the property itself being valued at less than $2 million.
And with a record 14,000 people on the state house waiting list - the government's motel bill is showing no sign of slowing down.
Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen and cameraman Nick Monro visited the Otāhuhu motel which has received more government cash than any other place in the country.
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