Three women were given 90-day notices in March 2009 after gang activity flared up in the suburb of Pomare.
The women claim they are being illegally punished for the actions of gang members with whom they have children are in relationships.
In the Human Rights Review Tribunal this week, the women have been distancing themselves from the men and saying the evictions are unfair.
But Housing New Zealand's lawyer, Claudia Geiringer, on Tuesday argued the women aren't being asked to go because of the nature of their connections with the men.
Instead, she says the men's anti-social behaviour while they lived in the state houses was the reason for the evictions.