A tour to alert the country of our homelessness "crisis" is under way, with a public meeting held in Rotorua tonight.
The meeting at St Luke's church was held by Labour spokesman for housing, MP Phil Twyford.
At the hearing, people were invited to talk about the cold hard realities of homelessness in the community.
Love Soup Rotorua founders Elmer and Gina Peiffer said when they first started out they simply meant to provide food for those who couldn't afford it, but were now seeing between five to 15 homeless families a day who needed emergency housing.
Aaron Houghton, who has a full time job, spoke about his struggles finding a place to live saying that he had been living in his car, alongside a lot of others.