The National Forum   Donate   Your Account   On Line Opinion   Forum   Blogs   Polling   About   
The Forum - On Line Opinion's article discussion area



Syndicate
RSS/XML


RSS 2.0

Main Articles General

Sign In      Register

The Forum > General Discussion > Aboriginal Housing in remote areas etc.

Aboriginal Housing in remote areas etc.

  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. Page 4
  6. 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. All
Tilt up concrete houses with iron roofing with steel doors in the NT are appropriate with tap water. Wooden houses are used for fire wood, even in City areas. My wife while working in Child welfare in Mt Druit area found they removed floor coverings and drilled holes in the floor to drain the water when they hosed the house out.
Posted by Josephus, Saturday, 12 May 2018 11:57:52 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
No housing at all in remote areas where there are no jobs is the best idea.
Posted by ttbn, Saturday, 12 May 2018 12:21:17 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
From Steely, "While it is not the whole answer social disadvantage IS a factor that can not be dismissed. Surely money spent addressing that disadvantage in communities is well spent".

No not social disadvantage, but lack of social respect, or respect from themselves.

Anyone who can damage the property of another, or all of us in public housing, dose not deserve any second chance. The problem is they have been given too much, & therefor respect nothing.

If their behaviour is suitable for nothing but a tent, or a bark humpy, that is all they should be offered, provided they pay for the thing.

This is nothing to do with skin colour, & everything to do with worthlessness of the people involved. A huge percentage of housing commission & aboriginal housing budget is spent repairing, & replacing accommodation abused by the tenants. Time to put such people out on the street, where they belong, permanently
Posted by Hasbeen, Saturday, 12 May 2018 1:39:41 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
It's probably not a good idea for the state to be providing housing for anyone, not just people descended from aborigines. With huge waiting times for public housing most people now have to go into the private rental market, which is as it should be all the time, and for everybody. Governments are as a incompetent in the rental business as they are in everything else they do. People in need can get rent relief for the private market, and there are charitable organisations. I know SA Housing Trust tenants who have had their homes taken over from the government by these charities, and they are much happier with the service and maintenance provided.
Posted by ttbn, Saturday, 12 May 2018 3:40:59 PM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
Issy, you speak of "social responsibility". The reality is there are those in society who are incapable of conforming to accepted social norms, ie, your house trashers are such people. The question at the coal face is what do you want done with these people? They are certainly not the majority of social housing tenants, they are a minority, so penalizing the majority for the transgressions of the minority is not an option, in my view.

Hassy in his usual style has offered this gem of an idea; "Time to put such people out on the street, where they belong, permanently" The past practice has been to lump the unacceptable types in with others of low socio-economic standing in ghettos, commonly called public housing estates, where the trashers impact is mostly confined to others, although relatively decent people, who are also of little standing in the community. The price to pay for society is in the maintaining and policing of the whole sorry mess.
Posted by Paul1405, Monday, 14 May 2018 6:28:22 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
I don't know all the issues on this topic, but my thoughts are that we should put some time and research into developing an efficient portable housing solution.

Something that could be ordered from a factory using cheap foreign made parts, built by Aussie workers in 2 weeks on an assembly line, and trucked and installed on site 48hrs later.

Power efficient / Versatile / Relocatable

If one gets wrecked, you simply take it out send it back to the factory for refurbishment and reinstall a heavy duty version.
Known home wreckers should only get the absolute basic heavy duty model.
Whereas as if you look after it and take responsibility for it, you may later be entitled to an upgrade.

Give the indigenous real jobs in nice new factories assembling them.
Maybe they will feel valued, feel like they have some prospects in this country other than drinking and be less likely to destroy them then, maybe...
Posted by Armchair Critic, Monday, 14 May 2018 8:17:52 AM
Find out more about this user Recommend this comment for deletion Return to top of page Return to Forum Main Page Copy comment URL to clipboard
  1. Pages:
  2. 1
  3. 2
  4. 3
  5. Page 4
  6. 5
  7. 6
  8. 7
  9. 8
  10. All

About Us :: Search :: Discuss :: Feedback :: Legals :: Privacy