DONT SUPPORT HOUSING FOR BAD BEHAVIOUR

Motherhood Statements are ok for political purposes, as long as the Shire Oof Yarra Ranges dont waste any more of our rates money on attempting to keep criminals, drug addicts and the agressors in domestic violence situations in our Shire. Many of these people are homeless because they cant live peacefully with their families or the general public at large. They want and expect everything for free everytime they get evicted by family or from private housing moving around with more assistance than any other group they cause problems for. These people get rent assistance of $117 pf, they get free 2 - 4 weeks rent & bond every time they claim they cant live with others so they can keep more of their centrelink payments for their bad habits. They trick the charities into giving them free food by telling more lies about kids to feed while really buying for their various addictions.

I feel it better that they be encouraged out of our Shire neighbourhoods and into areas where their behaviour will be more readily accepted and a cold night or two in a tent or park might be a good lesson to change their bad behaviours, but i urge the general public not to feel sorry for these con artists and charlatans who can play meekness when they want assistance but are really not the type you would ever want to associate with. So I urge our local councillors not to be taken in by the calls for more public housing for these rejects of society as I doubt whether they would want them living next door.

The State Government is responsible to make better use of its housing stock by weeding out those who sublet their houses/units while they live in better housing. And just look at the flashy cars in front of some public housing.

The State should do what the Qld Govt is doing and move single people out of 3 bedroom houses into 1 Bedroom units and free up larger properties for more deserving cases. They should permit spare rooms to be occupied by other relatives [for a rent to State] without getting evicted or allow their backyards to be used for caravan parking and accommodation. The State already has $billions tied up in publuc housing which just needs to be better managed not increased and rents increased at least to cover outgoings and bond rate cost of money for property where the average cost of a bedroom is nudging higher than $100,000 and when one realises that Shire rates are over $30pw there is little reason for rents to be lower than costs which for private landlords also includes insurance, land tax, cost of bank loans and now with the loss of negative gearing benefits [for 1st house], most houses should be renting for around $600pw yet public housing is still less than $100pw. A huge subsidy in my book from both government and private investors.

Of course if the Shire were honest about housing affordability it would also support the subdivision of more land for new housing instead of trying to increase Crown land holding above the current 55%.