NEWSFLASH - PRIVATISATION AGENDA MOVING FAST

BRINGING YOU THE NEWS YOU WON'T READ ABOUT ELSEWHERE  !!!

NEWS-FLASH

Community Housing Federation of Victoria - CHFV - the peak body for Community Housing

Organisations  ( aka social housing ) has put in a submission for the upcoming 2016 /2017 Budget 

wanting the Government to start handing over the TITLES AND MANAGEMENT of 12,000 Public Housing properties to them as well as millions of dollars in funding.

IS THIS LITTLE PIECE OF NEWS INTENDED TO GO VIRTUALLY UNDER THE RADAR - AS IF IT'S NO BIG DEAL - JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL ??

IT IS UNBELIEVABLE THAT IN A DEMOCRACY WE COULD BE LOSING PUBLIC HOUSING IN THIS WAY. 

THIS IS HISTORICAL- THE PRIVATISING OF ANOTHER DESPERATELY NEEDED PUBLIC ASSET - WITHOUT PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE OR ANY MANDATE GIVEN.

THESE PROPERTIES BELONG TO THE PEOPLE OF VICTORIA - COLLECTIVELY OWNED BY US - AND TITLE TRANSFERS OF 12,000 PROPERTIES IS THEFT.

THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE CARETAKERS OF PUBLIC HOUSING, NOW AND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

AND WHAT OF THE RIGHTS OF PUBLIC TENANTS?

IF YOU OPPOSE THIS OUTRIGHT, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUALMS, MISGIVINGS OR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS IN ANY WAY - THEN PLEASE GET INVOLVED.

ONCE THESE PROPERTIES ARE GONE THEY ARE GONE FOREVER ... 

http://www.chfv.org.au/database-files/view-file/?id=6178

READ THIS EXTRACT FOUND IN THE SUBMISSION TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT IN THE 2016-2017 BUDGET.  p5

Government should support:

- a staged process for the transfer of around 12,000 public housing properties to the community housing sector by the Director of Housing to; and

- the establishment of community housing offices in local communities to ensure place-based, responsive tenancy management by allocating up to $12 million in establishment grants for community housing organisations which are successful in securing a transfer.

CHFV believes that the time is right to commence a program of reform that will over time see title to around 12,000 public housing properties transferred to registered community housing organisations (registered agencies). This will mean the community housing sector owns or manages around 35% of all social housing in Victoria, delivering on a Council of Australian Government’s commitment in 2009.