Thursday, 16 October 2025

 Nathan LAMBERT (Preston) (14:54): (1336) My question is for the Minister for Housing and Building, and my question is: who is responsible for addressing off-lead dogs, abandoned vehicles and unauthorised parking in the common spaces of public housing properties in Preston and Reservoir? I would like to thank the East Preston and East Reservoir Community Action Group for Public Housing Residents, led by Lee Neil and Aleta Kilner, for facilitating a discussion at Reservoir Neighbourhood House during the parliamentary break with the Minister for Housing and Building. Our office has the opportunity to work closely with a lot of public housing and social housing tenants on their individual issues, but we are very pleased and supportive of this collective organising effort by Lee and Aleta, which brings tenants together to determine their own shared priorities. Some of those priorities are things we have followed up directly with the department, but others are policy questions about the responsible authority, and any information that the minister could provide to Lee, Aleta and their members would be greatly appreciated.