The Government has argued the Tenant Advice and Advocacy Services funding, which topped $20 million over four years, is better directed to new public housing properties.

Campaign organiser Peter Mott said the change could force more people on to the public housing waiting list.

“These services reduce homelessness and help to keep people housed, retain people’s self-sufficiency in the private rental market and keep them off the social housing wait list,” he said.

Tenants Union of Queensland spokeswoman Penny Carr said the groups provided services that could not be filled by the remaining Residential Tenancies Authority, despite the Government’s claims the body would pick up the slack.

Twenty-three organisations affected by the cuts will today blanket Mr Newman’s Ashgrove office with postcards outlining their concerns.
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