PRESS RELEASE – HOUSING
Posted by jeffreygabriel on October 23, 2007
Here is a press release I sent out to local papers today. It is about affordable housing and touches on a blog post I wrote last week.
DEMOCRATS DEMAND BETTER HOUSING PLAN FOR GRAYNDLER
Jeffrey Gabriel, the Australian Democrats Candidate for Grayndler has called for a greater consideration of local issues when it comes to housing affordability strategies.
“The announcement from both parties about releasing Commonwealth land on the fringes of the cities will do little to address the problems that we’re experiencing in the inner-west.”
The Stanmore resident has called for a more comprehensive approach to housing affordability, recognising the forces that put pressure on inner-city house prices.
“Releasing land in and of itself it not enough. Unless services and infrastructure are provided to the suburbs and the regions, the demand for inner city housing will continue to skyrocket and so will prices. What happens outside of Grayndler goes a long way towards determining house price stability inside Grayndler.”
Gabriel has suggested an immediate boost to public housing stock and other affordable housing as a part of the solution.
“The Australian Democrats argued against the recent trends to pull money out of public housing and other affordable housing strategies. These models still have a role to play in the overall solution even if they are politically unfashionable.”
Another issue Gabriel is concerned about is rent assistance.
“There are a lot of people renting in Grayndler. We need to reform the rent assistance system so that landlords make sure they pass on the benefits to their tenants.”
For more about Jeffrey Gabriel’s ideas for Grayndler, visit http://jeffreygabriel.wordpress.com/
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