Thursday, 1 August 2024

Petitions

Housing

Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) presented a petition bearing 2001 signatures:

The Petition of certain citizens of the State of Victoria draws to the attention of the Legislative Council that the Victorian Labor Government’s proposed destruction and privatisation of Victoria’s remaining 44 public housing towers will displace over 10,000 people during a housing crisis. Across Melbourne. 6,660 public homes are planned to be destroyed. The majority of the land will be used to build private, market rate apartments. There is no public housing guaranteed on this land into the future. The average increase in social housing proposed over the next 28 years is just 15 homes per year. There are currently 125,000 people on the public housing waiting list. This plan will make it harder for everyone to find a secure, affordable home and will worsen the housing crisis.

The petitioners therefore request that the Legislative Council call on the Government to immediately stop the wholesale destruction and privatisation of public housing and instead maintain existing public housing and build new public housing on public land.

Samantha RATNAM: As this is a petition qualifying for debate under standing order 11.03(10), I give notice that I intend to move ‘That the petition be taken into consideration’ on Wednesday of next sitting week.