"In six weeks we will work towards opening up another five homes which is wonderful, but I cannot put enough emphasis on how much of a commitment this will be.
"It is not just about putting people into homes," he said. "We are dealing with 20 different families with 20 different circumstances."
Te Tuinga Whanau's existing five homes house 19 families, including 22 adults and 39 children.
Mr Wilson said five more homes would help to home a similar number of people.
"When we move to the next stage of the next five homes we will have all of our procedures in place to handle those challenges."
He said Te Tuinga Whanau's long-term goal was to create a permanent village with stable rents.
"The organisation provides services in tandem with housing such as budget classes and counselling to teach clients to become good tenants."
Homelessness was not a new challenge, said Mr Wilson. "It has just been brought to the surface.
"I think we can really beat this challenge as a community - that is the secret."
He did not want to detail how much funding had been secured.
"If it was not financially viable we would not be doing it."
Te Puni Kokiri senior adviser for housing Ngawa Hall said they had not yet had conversations with Te Tuinga Whanau regarding the extra housing but was pleased.
Mrs Hall said the Maori Housing Network had a programme that supported Maori into healthy homes.
"Whether that is supporting the building of homes or supporting whanau into emergency housing."
Mrs Hall congratulated Te Tuinga Whanau with their efforts to secure funding for extra housing and welcomed future discussions about how they could help.
"It is about getting them into their own accommodation or supporting them to do that."
Ministry of Social Development deputy chief executive of housing Scott Gallagher said Te Tuinga Whanau was contracted to manage five properties delivering 15 transitional housing places in the Tauranga area.
"We are currently in discussion with them to take on additional places," he said. "We expect to be able to comment further on those discussions in the near future."
Tauranga mayor Greg Brownless said securing funding for five additional emergency homes was "a good thing".
"We are all aware of the homelessness in the city. We need not only to have assistance with getting the houses but helping those people get their lives back on track.
"Te Tuinga Whanau looked out for the city's homeless by trying to get people back on their own two feet."
Mr Brownless said five new emergency houses would make a difference because the city's homelessness problem was growing.
"It is good to see Te Tuinga Whanau is doing something about it."
