Tuesday, 4 March 2025

Northern Metropolitan Region

Anasina GRAY-BARBERIO (Northern Metropolitan) (12:58): (1411) My question is for the Minister for Housing and Building. I hear from my constituents, residents of the public housing towers slated for demolition, they have been pressured to accept unsuitable and unstable housing. A single mother of eight was pressured to accept two separate apartments, splitting her family and leaving her struggling to pay rent for both. She was not informed of other options or rental concessions. After a violent break-in, she continues to see her attacker daily. Residents who reject two unsuitable offers risk being placed on the register of interest and facing homelessness. This is not a choice; it is coercion. The Greens are deeply concerned. Vulnerable families, including those escaping violence, should never be forced into precarious and unsuitable living conditions. Minister, how do you guarantee that every affected resident is placed in safe, stable and appropriate housing without coercion?