tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post5028384450391764246..comments2023-10-16T01:20:58.847+11:00Comments on The BROWN COUCH: 'What are we doing...' Minister Goward on our 'broke' public housing systemgobnathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10888173139712703092noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-64765894782992811052014-03-23T09:59:25.185+11:002014-03-23T09:59:25.185+11:00Dear Anonymous,
Tenants in public housing are sub...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />Tenants in public housing are subject to the same renting laws as anyone in the private market. It's a myth that public housing is for life. Times were that it was available for the 'duration of need', but even that basic level of security has been dramatically eroded.<br /><br />As for drunks, druggies and criminals - these generic 'types' are not Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-76926096468888885832014-03-20T16:26:20.808+11:002014-03-20T16:26:20.808+11:00Public housing should be on a lease not for life. ...Public housing should be on a lease not for life. Let the tenants get a job. Maintenance should be required to be paid as well. Windows to have decent curtains and blinds and no junk on the verandahs or washing . You can pick public housing a mile away. Drunks and Druggies and Criminals should not be in public housing let the churches take care of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-5157240991522169742014-02-18T11:03:48.083+11:002014-02-18T11:03:48.083+11:00Dear Anonymous,
It's interesting that you sho...Dear Anonymous,<br /><br />It's interesting that you should say that. There's been quite a bit of work by Tenants' Advocates lately, trying to help HNSW tenants do just that. Have a look at http://getitfixednsw.com/ for more information.<br /><br />As for single mums who let their houses burn down - we don't hear of all that many, to be honest. Certainly not enough to warrant a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-46280882806651886112014-02-16T18:14:15.456+11:002014-02-16T18:14:15.456+11:00Public housing tenants should take care of their h...Public housing tenants should take care of their homes and get repairs done. Sick of the single mums whose children play with matches burn the place down and mum wants sympathy. Public housing is better in the outback.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-45699094524329108782013-10-30T12:20:20.030+11:002013-10-30T12:20:20.030+11:00Pru Goward has done it again! Her tight-lipped re...Pru Goward has done it again! Her tight-lipped response to those demolition's of public stock. She said "public housing is broke". Not enough people paying enough rent? Of course it is. they do not repair the properties, so sell them off at below land value. Never should have been the minister for housing with her attitude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-81365738218747862442013-10-22T11:08:40.352+11:002013-10-22T11:08:40.352+11:00For the record, Anonymous, we have asked HNSW for ...For the record, Anonymous, we have asked HNSW for an explanation of the Minister's 47% figure. We shall see if they get back to us.<br />Cheers,<br />N.C.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-492435581103620302013-10-14T17:39:41.745+11:002013-10-14T17:39:41.745+11:00The problem with taking it at face value is that i...The problem with taking it at face value is that it further entrenches the perception that a large proportion of social housing tenants are "dole bludgers" who could work but choose not to.<br /><br />Having the tabloid press demonise social housing tenants through language is one thing - it's unacceptable for the Minister responsible for social housing to do the same and when she Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-19285370905457309482013-10-14T12:57:18.846+11:002013-10-14T12:57:18.846+11:00Thanks Anon. Re the 47 per cent figure: this was n...Thanks Anon. Re the 47 per cent figure: this was new to me - I hadn't heard it apart from the Minister's comments. I take it at face value.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613420001844760529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-78207731176442820952013-10-14T12:53:19.388+11:002013-10-14T12:53:19.388+11:00I'm almost afraid to ask how Ms Goward came up...I'm almost afraid to ask how Ms Goward came up with the figure of 47% of people in public housing being employable but not employed. <br /><br />Huge numbers of "people in public housing" are children under school leaving age and therefore not "employable" by any reasonable definition.<br /><br />Even if the Minister mis-spoke and was referring to the tenant named on the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-32901932714983233382013-10-14T09:36:18.806+11:002013-10-14T09:36:18.806+11:00Thanks Anon. In economist-speak, you faced an effe...Thanks Anon. In economist-speak, you faced an effective marginal tax rate of 80 per cent. (By contrast, someone earning $180 000 faces an EMTR of 47 per cent or so.)<br /><br />You raise a good point about kids' earnings. Under the policy, if a child of the household gets a job and their income puts the total household income into the moderate income range, other members of the household haveChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08613420001844760529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-73765823424456339642013-10-14T07:25:29.583+11:002013-10-14T07:25:29.583+11:00On top of everything else, since housing stress is...On top of everything else, since housing stress is defined as rent at 30% of gross income, you have to wonder why successive NSW governments both the late unlamented Labs and now this useless mob, show such unseemly haste in pushing their tenants into it. You would think they had the common decency to stop at least at 29.99%<br />DHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05362720961660684331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608078674397454091.post-92209031245144775822013-10-12T12:50:26.994+11:002013-10-12T12:50:26.994+11:00I was in the position of earning a bit of money, ...I was in the position of earning a bit of money, and being a public housing NSW tenant. After a while, I realised that I was actually better off by just $20 per week out of each $100 I earned after all adjustments to rent and Centrelink payments were made.. It was no incentive for me to continue working. My son obtained a position where he was also working and earning. He left home, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com