Houses or slums?

Questions are being raised about the state of Auckland's boarding houses after a Nation investigation revealed substandard living conditions in two houses in Papatoetoe and Otahuhu. These particular boarding houses had windows missing, were damp and smelled of excrement. This follows the death of a baby boy just days after being born in a boarding house in Favona last month. Labour are saying that slum boarding houses have got to stop and are proposing a warrant of fitness for boarding houses. Reporter Sam Smith spoke to the Salvation Army's Major Campbell Roberts to discuss the state of Auckland's boarding houses and what needs to be done about them.