Wednesday, 16 October 2024
Constituency questions
Northern Metropolitan Region
Northern Metropolitan Region
Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (12:51): (1154) My constituency question is to the Minister for Housing. ████ lives in a two-bedroom unit in ███████ with her ██ who she says has ADHD. ████ has been repeatedly harassed, intimidated and threatened by an abusive neighbour, and she has reported this to the housing office a number of times. However, the housing office has refused to do anything to support ████ and her ██. They say she is on the priority transfer waitlist, but she has been on that transfer list for almost four years. ████ has sometimes had to resort to staying with a friend so that she and her ██ can sleep peacefully, only to return to her home damaged by her neighbour. The housing office has also threatened ████ with removing her from the transfer list if she continues to stay elsewhere, purely because she has to stay elsewhere for safety. Minister, I have written to you before, but nothing has changed. Will you intervene now and ensure ████ has safe and stable housing for herself and her ██?