On Monday and Tuesday the Baird government will auction off three more houses in Kent Street from the public housing estate at The Rocks. Families that have lived there for three and five generations or more – some paying rent for more than 100 years – will compulsorily lose their homes, their friends and their community. The 293 families involved can thank Pru Goward, now the NSW Minister for Planning, for she was the minister who replaced the disgraced Greg Pearce when Barry OFarrell sacked him over a perceived conflict of interest more than a year ago. When the Housing Corporation that deals with public housing – and The Rocks has been Australias first and oldest such project – was transferred to Goward as then Minister for Community Services, Goward took the opportunity to ignore its recommendations to build a new facility to avoid evicting the elderly tenants. Goward made the decision to evict the lot from Millers Point. Her office ignored the fact that the public housing was protected under the NSW Heritage Act, which included its residents not just the buildings, and failed to consult the Heritage office. Sydney historian Shirley Fitzgerald described Gowards actions as appalling and rapacious. #housing #socialhousing #community #publichousing #humanrights #auspol #tenancytribunal #heritage #wheresgabby #nswpol #SOS #PublicHousing brisbanetimes.au/comment/public-housing-at-what-price-20141213-125uxj.html
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 11:25:51 +0000
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