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We need to get serious about homelessness : Comments
By Rob Evers, published 6/8/2012As we mark Homeless Persons’ Week, it is critical that the federal and state government work together.
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In the current times Australia has a shortage of affordable housing and each week more and more people are losing their jobs making it difficult, if not impossible to keep a roof over their heads, resulting in evictions regardless if you are a renter or have a home mortgage. If you have been evicted your details are registered on a data base making it difficult, if not impossible to rent a home.
Some may consider my next comment to be racial but I assure you I am not. It astounds me that we are still providing residence for the refugees which are arriving in great numbers, many of who have not followed the proper protocol to come to Australia, while we have high unemployment and a lack of affordable housing.
Refugees appear to be getting better service to housing and welfare than Australian people and our taxes are paying for it.
I know of many struggling families waiting on the long Q for public housing (Ministry housing) and have been some in excess of 10 or more years. The refugees appear to be given priority for public housing.
I feel it is time that our Australian governments considered the people of Australia first and foremost and stopped or at least reduced the money raised by our taxes on foreign aid and the refugees should be halted untill such time as jobs and affordable housing is available for our own people of Australia, if they don't the problem will only get worse.