Chrisgaff1000, you are stealing my policies.

Hasbeen,
Sorry I must have missed something somewhere.
It is good to know that there are others out there who think their tax dollars should be used for the good of their country rather than the good of the "Bludger Party"
I have people living beside me in public housing 1 couple plus 6 others. Come dole day They have 6 large Pizzas delivered. They get 3 boxes of beer and 2 boxes of rum and coke delivered. The buy a handful of 'grass' from a local dealer ( known to the police) and they party all weekend.
They are months behind in their rent, The premises are a derelict mess and complaints to the housing fall on deaf ears because if they evict them they have a responsibility to find them alternate accommodation.
They drive an unregistered car that has had two yellow defect notices posted on it by police and stripped off.
They have 3 very dangerous dogs that terrify local mothers with kids.
These type of lowlifes are everywhere thanks to Whitlam and Hawke

chrisgaff1000,

Those are the reasons government is pushing its welfare housing responsibilities onto private landlords. Government simply cannot manage housing.

At the same time government regulators and rental tribunals are beavering away making privately owned rental housing 'sensitive' and compliant to the needs of the most 'vulnerable' welfare tenants. They must have somewhere to live, even if they continually destroy houses, dump rubbish on nature strips and reduce the quality of life of everyone else.

In a short period of time and hastened by the churning of non-paying professional tenants who know how to avoid their responsibilities, the proudest, best-built home is turned into a dump. Rental tribunals have very broad allowances of what the feral tenant can claim as 'wear & tear' and there is no remedy available for the many tenants who are just hard on a property.

What other tenants do not understand is the cost to them of all of the government bureaucratic paraphernalia and tenancy lawyers, and of the damage done to properties.

Personally I avoid further investment in rental housing like the Black Death, because it is all high risk and outgoings. It is quite usual to hear of whole kitchens being replaced on a six to seven year cycle. For a small kitchen that is $10,000+ just for the cupboards and benches in ordinary laminate, no white-ware appliances. Dishwashers are now being replaced with imports from China. An Electrolux is destroyed just as fast through rough use.

Young people who vote for the manner of governments who protect and foster dependence, and excuse the behaviour of 'unfortunate' Houso types do not realise that in so doing they are taxing themselves twice: first, from the taxes on their personal income to support people who will not work, and second, for the higher cost of rent to cover for the shocking deterioration and trashing of property and the non-payment of rent and damage.

What does it take for young voters to realise that they themselves must eventually pay through higher taxes, higher rents and inconvenience for the lifestyles of ferals?

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