I am finding it hard to believe a word that you are saying.
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ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 week agoA lot of us are chronically ill, shouldn’t be working and get sweet fuck all for it. Medications not covered by PBS and cost thousands. Still taxed to the shit so the lucky bludgers can live an easy relaxed life with everything provided courtesy us
nevetsg@aussie.zone 1 week ago
shirro@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Public housing in Australia was simple affordable housing owned by the state and rented at affordable rates to working families, filling a gap that wasn’t being served by the private sector. It wasn’t a privilege or a gift anymore than public schools, hospitals, roads or police. As policies and funding changed over the years perceptions of public housing changed. It became scarcer, trashier and stigmatized. I am not sure what your point is if you have one.
Public housing was a very good thing that we walked away from because of this us vs them bullshit. It increased supply and put downward pressure on pricing. No wonder the landlords hated it and lobbied against it.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Maybe that’s how public housing was, but in WA at least you’re currently illegible if you have more than ~40k in assets OR household income above $551 a week (that’s half minimum wage)
shirro@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Public housing started changing in the 80s I think when a lot of it was sold off and it became welfare housing. Remember his mother died in 2002. For most of her life public housing was affordable housing for working families.
ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 week ago
That’s a good point, I think the key detail here is that for everyone born in the late 80s onwards will have a very different picture of social housing to those born before the changes