Mander Must Rule Out Public Housing Sell-Off

Media Release.

Shadow Housing Minister, Jo-Ann Miller, says she is shocked the Newman Government is again threatening to turn upside down the lives of people living in public housing by selling its entire housing stock.

“Reports that the entire stock of public housing in our state will be sold off as a result of Costello Audit recommendations must be ruled out immediately,” Mrs Miller said.

“As if public housing tenants have not suffered enough anxiety thanks to the callous way the incompetent former Minister Bruce Flegg treated them by suggesting they would be forced to share premises or be forced to downsize their tenancies.

“Already public housing tenants know the Newman Government is no friend of theirs.

“Now a report in The Australian on Anzac Day suggests the LNP government has hatched a plan to sell off all public housing as part of its response to the Costello Audit.

“This demands to be ruled out immediately by Housing and Public Works Minister, Tim Mander.

“We need to hear an unequivocal rejection from Mr Mander’s lips of this plan that will cause shock waves throughout the public housing system.

“Anything less than a 100% rejection of this plan will not be good enough,” Mrs Miller said.