From ABC News
The Department for Housing has evicted more than 150 people in the past six months as part of a crackdown on tenant eligibility.
In 2009, the State Government announced a review of the eligibility criteria for state housing tenants, to ensure they did not exceed income cut offs.
A total of 153 people have been forced to leave since November last year,
The Housing Minister Troy Buswell says changes announced last month to crackdown on anti-social tenants are also likely to lead to more people being evicted.
"I expect there will be some evictions that we'll be criticised for making but ultimately we've given a commitment to attempt to put some balance into the relationship between a Homeswest tenant and the community in which they live so that those communities are better protected," he said.
The Housing Minister Troy Buswell says anti-social tenants are being targeted.
"I expect that the department will certainly be cracking down on problematic tenants with the changes to the three strikes policy," he said.
"How that manifests itself in evictions, time will tell but I expect there will be more evictions."
Like i said before;common VICTORIA bring on this new law we all need it!!NOW!
ReplyDeletemy son is living in a block of flat were there is a lot of anti socail behavier there and he will not come out his door unless someone is there
ReplyDeleteI used to live in a complex where rampant drug dealing was taking place, all day, every day. The local police finally arrested the tenant (a woman) however, she was let out on house arrest and continue to deal from her DOH home while serving her time! 20 years later, she is still there, still dealing and the street is a nightmare. This woman and her connections are dangerous, scary people. Shouldn't she have had her lease cancelled once she was convicted and sentenced? For goodness sake, the woman did her time under house arrest, IN HER DOH DWELLING. Oxymoron, anyone? There is so much more tell, but what is the point? She and her low life friends are untouchable. Money talks.
ReplyDeletePleasing to hear that evictions actually DO take place - I know of one lot that has had seven eviction notices served in public housing and are still there. I would love to see the evidence that people have actually been evicted and know why, too, because the people with seven eviction notices have done everything you can imagine that is not acceptable, and keep on living there.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe this is as wonderful as they say it is. Probably one or two people getting evicted here and there, but not nearly as many that should be evicted. These bigwig government departments like to make it sound like they are actively doing something - it shuts people up but truth is, if they were evicting people, the housing list would be moving along a little more steadily. I've been on the wait turn list now for nearly 7 and a half years (application approved 2004) and on the priority list for well over 2 years. It's a shame that there are so many people wrecking these houses and using them as a drug laboratory and then being offered another HomesWest after destroying the previous house while there are other hard working people who have become homeless through no fault of their own and are on the waiting lists, forever waiting while scumbags continue to destroy the property and be offered another home. I think that people who have previous records of destroying property / being a public nuisance or dealing drugs should go to the bottom of the lists. It makes sense to house people first who are going to respect the property and not need to be constantly moved because of destructive behaviours / neighbouring complaints. It also makes sense from a government point of view because if they house people first who respect other people and property, then the department doesn't need to continually waste time responding to numerous complaints and police dealings. My friend has a chronic disease and lives next door to a HomesWest house that has people coming and going all the time. She lives in a house at the front of their property (just the way the block is designed) and her kids are constantly throwing rocks at her dog and standing at the front of her house staring in (she had told me it is so they can see what items she has that they might "borrow" (aka steal). The children dont play in their backyard because the people have invested in vicious dogs that are in their backyard. Their driveway is right alongside her kitchen window going up to her front garden. She regularly deals with people screaming til all hours into the night and cars rocking up and then taking off. One of the men living in the house (along with 2 other adults and 2 children under 6) is suppose to be living in his HomesWest house down the road but has rented it out! Also the neighbourhood have put in complaints, but, *sigh*, these scumbags never get moved even though they have been convicted with dealing drugs. The government need tougher measures. These conviction have supposedly been occuring in high volume since 2009 however the housing list certainly doesn't reflect this tough measure.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say to this is that the Government houses these people in State Housing because thats the only way they can keep an eye on them. Better to contain them in state housing than have them running free reign through society in private rentals. Let the poor low social economic people deal with it is what these incompassionate politicians are doing to all of us good houso tenants who have to put up with all these so called scum bag tenants. I say its time we had a revolution and all the good houso tenants get together and protest in front of parliament and refuse to pay rent as the Dept of Housing has a Duty of Care to house their tenants in safe accommodation. Do you really think this is what they state they are doing. They are endangering our safety and our lives by housing people with genuine disabilities next to these troublemaking tenants who are clearly dysfunctional drug addicts with mental health issues who need to be housed in Mental Health Hospitals where they can be properly medicated and monitored. I say reopen the Mental Health Hospitals and house them all there! What do you think! Good Idea!
DeleteRest assured Anonymous, evictions do occur, but so do reinstatements. Depends on why you are in DOH in first place and who you have fighting for you. Since its mainly mentally ill in recent years moving in, now homeless and refugees. You now doubt can expect less evictions. I wonder if O'Farrell will follow Cameron's words, "move them into the private sector".
ReplyDeleteYes, evictions do occur, but it's only one or two hear and there. Here's some evidence:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF1byO0Gvaw
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-01-18/problem-homeswest-tenants-evicted/1909254
The first link makes reference to 2009 - "eight evictions". The second link states that 25 people were evicted. It's odd, yet the media is always talking about drug laboratories and antisocial behaviour. These people should realise it is a privilege to be able to live in these homes at taxpayers dollars. Also, people who have never paid tax in this country should not be eligible; and what the heck are they doing allowing permanent residents to apply for housing???
http://www.dhw.wa.gov.au/404_437.asp
It irritates me that people can come into this country, apply for PR status after only 18 months and be eligible for uni fee loans, housing, medical care, all at hard working taxpayers expense. Australian housing should be for Australian people not blow ins!
your comments are racist what do you mean by australians
Deleteif you went say for instance to the uk and had an emergency would you use the national health service paid for by british tax payers or nearly anywhere else in europe a few people in this country need to have a good look at themselfs
I am a tenant not anti -cocial not a criminal being evicted through gossip. Masicous and not transparent
ReplyDeleteNew three strike policy what a load of s*#t.My neighbours are making homeswest look like a joke.I've caught them in my front garden,in my back garden and down the side of my house.Sometimes these are 12yr olds even less what are they going to be like when they are 18.I have had my side windows smashed by objects my wife and young kids have been home.They denied doing it but it wouldnt be at all possible for anyone else to do it.On going out the front to investigate was assaulted by one of the tenants relatives.Police were called no charges laid because i couldnt prove anything lack of evidence!!I rung homeswest about getting my window repaired they said someone will be out in the hr then phoned me back ten minutes later realizing that i wasnt a homeswest tenant said they couldnt fix it and they werent liable.Apart from all this there is continuous loud and unjust behaviour police visits at a minimum once a week without fail .Recently police were called because one of the 18yr old tenants was smashing up there own house including two of there own front windows.This is a small amount of instances.They are still there but living without a care in the world.At a $20,000 loss i have to sell up IS THAT F*#CKING FAIR.
ReplyDeleteI live in a homeswest complex of new units 2yrs old and have witnessed the same incidents as stated in the above statements from abuse, brawls, racist remarks, glue sniffing, drunken drugged up idiots yelling & screaming all hours of the morning, rubbish that blows around the street that originates from one unit that resembles a rubbish tip, countless smashed bottles and furniture that ends up in the communal driveway, witnessed a fire that burned down a store room (while it was burning one tennant was suspiciously loading up the car with boxes while the other tennants of the same unit watched and laughed as it burned), My car has been broken into, my dog tormented and then gets complained about because its defending its territory against these dregs of society climbing all over the fence throwing rocks at her, countless arrests have occurred at the same unit. The funny thing is that they still live there all 20 of them in a 2 bedroom unit. Keep up the good work homeswest :(
ReplyDeleteI lived in Homeswest in Carnarvon WA for 2 years. What a nightmare. I'm a single woman in her 60s and was made to live amongst gangs of druggies, foul mouthed drunks, thieves, rioters, perverts and the rest of societies dregs. That was hell on earth and Satan had free reign. The worst offender was a guy who worked at the local high school whose house was party central. A couple of days after I moved in a riot started and I called the cops, they told me that they were too busy and just to barricade myself inside the house. This guy and his mates wrecked his house which was brand new so they moved him to a bigger brand new house across town. Evil rewards evil. I left WA and now have a lovely quiet seniors unit in QLD.
ReplyDeleteI I've in unit with common drive way homeswest policy is common sense but the other neighbors don't seam to have any. Sometimes I can't get to my own driveway at the back as people park were they want Iv asked them to keep the common area clear but they don't I've spoken to homeswest wa they can't do anything.
ReplyDeletei agree with all complaints & im a homeswest tenant that has wife & 4 kids & we treat the house like its our own & have nice gardens front & rear but weust be rare as everytime a tradie comes out for mantinence they think its wrong address or nearly fall over when inside due to no mess/damage/rubbish everywere.my inlaws lived next to indegenious tenants for 7 years & while living next door to them they constantly put up with kids jumping over the fences getting inlaws kids balls etc,rubbish strewn accross their front lawn(doh tenants),the man of the doh house actually assaulted the inlaw once due to been told by him to clean the front yard as it was blowing into there front yard,a relative of the doh tenants jumped the fence & stole brandnew quad & dragged it back over fence,wen inlaws realised doh tenant said the only way to get it back is not to tell police or homeswest so he got quad back damaged but still running(he only had for 1 night)& inlaws had complained that much over the yuears that homeswest said more or less `live with it` so they sold up & funny thing was the doh ntenants moved out 6 weeks later-must of been worried about reprisals from my inlaws.also do aussie taxpayers who are on the doh waiting lists actually get frozen on list everytime an african family or boat people come in as they get proirty housing once cleared in + $10,000 to furnish them,also at the dention centres a reguee couple will get $55,000 per year + $7,000 per child(they bring their brothers & sisters kids on boat with them)get prepaid mobiles-instant dental care etc.i could go on but due to greenies putting gag on this type of information reaching general public-dont vote greens anymore as they prefer non taxpaying queue jumpers who arent poor due to having to USA dollars to leave their country & pay off all the corrupt police/officals in maylaysia/indonesia & pay the smugglers $5000 per family member to get on boat to here!!im not racist just fed up with how governments splash the money around to those who shouldnt be here!! what was the point of our forefathers fighting in 2 world wars?????????????
ReplyDeleteA single neighbour is living in Bali 11 months out of the year whilst sub-letting his 2 bedroom unit to 4 young guys and profiting off of the rent. After several neighbours have reported him to DOH and Centrelink multiple times nothing has been done. Where is his eviction?
ReplyDeleteIt wont happen as they don't care about what is going on as I too reported a well known drug house in a complex and they did nothing he still sold drugs and was allowed to still stay there . also young people living in a seniors complex with their children go figure as I have to put up with the arrogant male abusing me every time he sees me and telling me he is going to get my 2 bedroom unit as they are only in a 1 bedroom go figure homeswest know about it but don't do anything about it .
DeleteHi it is me again and I had to leave my unit as the druggies friend tried to stab me , got an avo but did not stop them I had to go or die there and homeswest still let them stay go figure ??? laughable really
Deletethis is ridiculous ive been on the list for 4 years now still nothing and when i went into the department of housing department in albany WA to se if i had moved up the list at all they said im sorry but u wont move up for awhile as we are still trying to house people from 2001 its down right pathetic the government needs to step up and do something bout the housing problem
ReplyDeleteI have been in my homeswest house for nearly four years, and have made it my home.. I am very lucky to be here because the way rental prices are now I would be living in a car with my two children if I didn't have this amazing place.. Some of my neighbours suck, but big deal, it could be so much worse.
ReplyDeleteI am just wondering those who are evicted from doh , where are they going next? they have got reason to live, but without working , no income, no chance to rent a house from real estate. or we just put up with them ?
ReplyDeleteHi I live in a supposedly seniors complex in Redcliffe wa have only been here for 12 months but in that short space of time I have been assaulted by one of my neighbours 3 times but the police wont do anything to her as she is a carer for her elderly partner who is in his 70's . Homeswest have told me to put up or move out this person has now formed a clique with 5 other units and they all have abused me from time to time but still homeswest says she is upset because her partner is sick so this is how they justify her behaviour ?? but what about me I have a heart complaint and other health issues . I don't think that public housing cares about good tenants like myself only the people that cause trouble for others . I am currently trying to move from here to obtain a priority transfer to somewhere else and hopefully it wont be so bad there .
ReplyDeleteThe problem the doh have is where to move the offenders to. They seem not to be able to evict tenants and forget about them as a private agent would be able to do. They seem to have to find them somewhere else to live, and that means moving them where they will annoy someone else. The solution to this problem, which is Australia wide, would be perhaps to build public housing far away from any town, with only proven bad tenants moved there. Then they can fight amongst themselves. Or better still, after bad tenants are evicted, DOH should not rehouse them at all. Maybe then these people would wake up to the fact that its very uncomfortable living in a car or on a park bench with a mob of kids.
ReplyDeleteI live in a nightmare block of flats. Its a set of ten and i have been on priority list to move for 2 years. I wished something was actually done about anti social tenants.
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