Housing Expo Ignores Airbnb Problem
The Liberals' Housing and Homelessness Expo is an exercise in window dressing that will do nothing to address the housing crisis.
The Liberals' Housing and Homelessness Expo is an exercise in window dressing that will do nothing to address the housing crisis.
The historic Commonwealth State Housing debt has been an albatross around the neck of Housing Tasmania for decades.
Housing availability and affordability in Tasmania is getting worse, pushing more people in to homelessness.
I have been really overwhelmed by the strength of community concern and the range of issues raised by people.
The Tenants' Union of Tasmania makes it clear that as a result of the housing crisis some landlords are gouging tenants, which is driving up homelessness rates.
Liberal Senator, Eric Abetz, needs to get out of his office more and talk to Tasmanians who are homeless or desperately searching for a place to live.
The kind of infrastructure the House needs to be debating more is social infrastructure, housing infrastructure, 21st century infrastructure.
The Government today stands accused by one of their own of 'not giving a shit about the homeless'.
The Liberals have used their numbers once again to prevent debate on the capacity of another failing Minister. This time, Housing Minister, Roger Jaensch.
There is a surge in the budget allocation that runs out next year for child safety services.