Thursday, 4 May 2023

Western Metropolitan Region

Trung LUU (Western Metropolitan) (12:47): (152) My question is for the Minister for Housing. Minister, I am speaking in relation to one of my constituents who lives next to a public housing property in Werribee. He was going to allow me to say his name, but with consideration of a series of incidents, I will not release his name to preserve his safety. He has constantly contacted your office since 2021. His neighbour is a public housing tenant who is antisocial in behaviour and demeanour. He has been shouted at, spat at, had his property vandalised and graffitied, and been bullied since 2021. He has asked for intervention by the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing, has written to you, the department and the local police and reported many times. I hold here the correspondence to your office of over 181 pages. There have been generic responses or no response whatsoever. How can this family man be working hard to provide a safe roof over his family and have no support or protection from the government? I ask the minister to please provide some information on how we can provide assurance to my constituent for his family’s safety and his home.