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# Face of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/face-of-the-day-730/
- Published: 2023-04-26T18:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-04-25T21:12:02.000Z
- Author: Good Oil Staff
- Tags: NZ, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 22:34

> Richard Hazeldine-Barber suffers from a rare disability and when his mother was in her dying days, she made him promise he would be okay when she was gone.  
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> Now the Rotorua man is facing homelessness and fears he will break that promise.  
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> \[…\] The homes would be offered under a “progressive home ownership programme”, or rent-to-buy scheme. Green said for that reason and the fact the ministry’s priorities were for Maori and Pacific people and families, Hazeldine-Barber was not eligible or suitable for the programme.

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