Public housing is the bottom line
ACT Greens MLA Deb Foskey has described the recent termination of an ACT subsidised housing scheme for people living with disadvantage and disability as evidence of the need to grow the supply of public housing.
“I feel for the tenants who can no longer afford to stay in their private rental homes” Dr Foskey said.
“Clearly this would not have been the case if they were government homes.”
“The private rental market is not secure, and ad hoc rental subsidy programs rarely address the root cause of housing problems.”
“As the ACT Government and tenants have had at least a year to make other arrangements, I am most disappointed that so many people seem to be unhappy with the situation now the scheme has ended.”
“Making the remaining tenants a top priority for Housing ACT is the obvious fall back position, but it results in other applicants being pushed down the list.”
“In Estimates last week the Minister for Housing suggested my call for more public housing is old fashioned. A bit of old fashioned secure and affordable housing wouldn’t go astray here” Dr Foskey said.
