Mackay concerns aired in the press

The Mackay tenant advice service recently aired concerns over the Minister for Housing & Public Works’ ‘false economy’ view.

The Minister wishes to redirect funds from the Tenant Advice and Advocacy program into the building of public housing.  However program funds will build less than one house per area covered by one of the 23 tenant advice services statewide and result in housing 20 households from a wait list of 30,000.

This compares to 80,000 renting households assisted annually by the Tenant Advice and Advocacy program.  Most of these households live in the private rental market and services help to keep people housed and off the social housing waitlist.  See the whole  story here Mackay 4-8

 

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