Dr Gordon Moyes defends public housing tenants in the war against the ‘Social Housing of Horrors’
Parliamentary Leader of Family First NSW Rev Dr Gordon Moyes believes public housing tenants have the right to a safe, clean and respectable lodging. He said, “Our people who live in housing provided by the Government have the right to premises that are secure and safe, as well as, premises that uphold a satisfactory standard of cleanliness and maintenance. Residents living in dilapidated public housing units such as Gallop Court in Maroubra face hooligans that squat in empty apartments, graffiti unsightly tags everywhere including people’s front doors, smash windows, and use the empty apartments as injecting rooms. This is inhuman and people should not be forced into such horrific conditions.”
Dr Moyes directed his concerns to the Minister for Housing in Parliament yesterday and asked, “Is the Minister aware that the few occupants left at Gallop Court, Maroubra, whilst waiting for relocation, fear for their lives due to the lack of appropriate security for Department of Housing Units?”
Dr Moyes went on to ask the Minister, “Will the Minister please indicate what is being done to adequately secure these Department of Housing premises while renovations are taking place? And also, please indicate why these people are forced to live out of boxes in such inhuman circumstances, without any communications, as to when or where they will find a new home?”
This issue is made more serious as Dr Moyes discovered that tenants who had recently moved into the estate only six weeks ago have now been told by Housing NSW that they would be moving again, but have not been told where or when. Dr Moyes said “It is utterly demeaning that these people should be forced to live in such dreadful conditions, the Government must address this issue as a matter of urgency, and ensure this does not happen to any other people who look to our state for housing refuge.”
Dr Gordon Moyes concluded by saying “I will ensure people like those living at Gallop Court are heard in this matter and delivered of this burden, and I will continue to support claims of similar matters in other areas so that people are treated with the utmost respect and dignity to which each individual deserves.”
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Contact: Rev Dr Gordon Moyes AC MLC – (02) 9230 3340 or (02) 4389 1860