As the waitlist for state housing reaches record levels, a new emergency housing development in Auckland is providing some relief for families trying to find an affordable place to live.

Forty organisations have joined the Real Estate Institute to lean on the Government to regulate property managers but one sector boss whose organisation hasn't joined says the campaign has not gone far enough.

Around 800 people sleep rough in Auckland and as temperatures plunge many of them will be left in dire need of help.

Breakfast's John Campbell was issued a trespass notice yesterday, while investigating a West Auckland

Monte Cecilia Housing Trust assisted in leasing a home to make this reunification possible