So much for the price of fish in Chapman St

A Morrinsville family is about to lose its home of almost 20 years.

Housing New Zealand wants the family out. But the family is refusing to leave, claiming it's being vilified because of gang connections.

The Pairama family have lived at 1 Chapman Street for 18 years. Miriam Pairama's mother was the lease holder since the lease holder from 1988 until she died of cancer last year.

Housing New Zealand are refusing to transfer the lease into Miriam's name.

"Four times she tried to have the tenancy changed but they turned her down, three times she tried to buy the house and they turned her down, and when she got really sick, well I tried and they turned it down," says Miriam. Housing New Zealand says they've offered the family two other homes to live in which have been turned down. They say the family can't continue to live at Chapman Street because they don't deserve to after intimidating and abusing neighbours and noisy partying.

Miriam claims it is because her brother Lester is in a gang: "As far as I look it it's because my family are gang members and what's that got to do with the price of fish?" full story

Are there people out there who do want gang members for neighbours?
No?
Could it be something to do with the intimidation, abuse and noisy parties that seem to follow gang members around like a bad smell?
Or is it that the neighbours fear that the low IQ could be contagious.

What has that got to do with the price of fish? Everything and nothing.
The reason for this eviction is no mystery to your average law abiding citizen.