A woman who was temporarily banned from state houses amid claims of meth use has resulted in taxpayer bills running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The tenant on the other hand says she has done nothing wrong and she deserves a Housing New Zealand home immediately.
Hayley was living in a state house with her eight kids and partner.
She said then the next thing she knew she was being evicted for methamphetamine.
"Hand on heart I didn't use meth at [that address]," she told Newshub.
That was July 2015. Housing NZ tested the property for meth during Hayley's tenancy.
The results showed meth levels in the kitchen, hallway and bedroom.
The house was never tested before she moved in so there is no way of knowing when it was contaminated. But the family of 10 was out, evicted.
"They told me I was banned from Housing New Zealand for a year," she said.
They were placed in motels, at least six of them, over about 18 months, at an upfront cost to taxpayers of $95,000.
Hayley is supposed to pay back more than $68,500 of that, but claims she'll never be able to afford to.
She says she shared one bedroom or studio motel units with her eight children, aged between one and 12, and her partner, which were "horrible".
"They were not for children."
A community house that was clean before Hayley moved in was positive for very low levels of P after, raising the possibility of cross contamination from furniture from the old house.
The cost of decontaminating three of Hayley's former Housing NZ homes is $133,700 and about $11,000 for the community house.
Housing New Zealand says its property needed more than 350 repairs after Hayley moved out, claiming there were faeces on the carpet and rotten food on the floor.
Hayley's children are no longer in her care. But hair follicle tests show they're all negative for methamphetamine.
She's now renting a from a private landlord, but wants back into a Housing New Zealand property.
Newshub.
