Lynlie Beazley says she has turned her back on crime.

The woman who described herself as the "face of poverty" in New Zealand was evicted from community housing twice in 12 months.

Lynlie Beazley is currently living in a Housing New Zealand home in west Auckland and pays $52 per week in rent.

A tenancy tribunal decision in October 2016 showed she was ordered to pay her landlord, VisionWest Community Trust, $653 for rent arrears and tribunal fees.

The amount also included electricity charges that the landlord had paid on her behalf.

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Another decision in February shows Beazley was ordered to pay the not-for-proft community organisation $2,061 for arrears, rubbish removal, cleaning, carpet cleaning and tenancy fees.

Her weekly benefit was about $236, but after rent, expenses, and hire purchase payments she was left with $22 and relied on food parcels from The Salvation Army.

Documents sighted by Stuff showed this included an amount being paid to VisionWest in arrears.

Beazley said she the charity had helped her immensely and continued to support her.

VisionWest chief executive Lisa Woolley couldn't comment on individual cases but said he organisation worked to house and provide wrap around services to struggling families and individuals.

This included a focus on supporting them to sustain their tenancies, she said.

"Eviction is always a last resort. If this does occur, wherever possible, VisionWest seeks to continue to work with the person to overcome the circumstances that led to eviction, and then work to rehouse them."

Beazley said she relied on food parcels from The Salvation Army and had also visited them for assessment and consultation in March and May this year.

She faced a public backlash after telling her story, but many people also came forward with offers of help.

Beazley said she wanted to work and had been to more than 20 job interviews, but was rejected because of her criminal past.

"I don't want handouts. I want work," she said.