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A woman was left "shaken" after a prowler tried to enter her Rotorua pensioner flat amid reports of homeless people sleeping around empty council-owned units.
The incident happened early last Saturday on Kahikatea St and has sparked security fears.
Another resident, whose car has been stolen twice, told Local Democracy Reporting she felt "scared" and "isolated" as the only occupant of a block of four units.
More than a quarter of Rotorua's pensioner housing is vacant.
Rotorua Lakes Council provides 152 pensioner housing units across six blocks in Ngongotahฤ, Fento
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