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RSE workers are either housed in motels & camping ground cabins; rental houses owned by the RSE provider and rented out for RSE workers; & purpose-built units. RSE workers that we spoke to were charged between $150 to $175 per week for accommodation, which included power & water.
RSE Workers’ most frequent question to us was whether this cost was reasonable when the standard practice was for two to seven workers to share a bedroom. In some situations, this meant an employer was charging over $1,000 per week per bedroom.
We visited some of the motels or camping ground cabins rented out by employers which the RSE workers paid in weekly rent. The rooms were often cold, damp, and in some cases mouldy. No one in Aotearoa New Zealand should be living in these conditions!
