How Hockey can fix his crisis

[pazza]

With embarrassing gaffe after embarrassing gaffe seemingly dogging Australia's Shrek, I think there is a way out for him.

A national housing policy.

So here is what would happen.

We start with the thousands of homeless people who sleep on our streets. Most of them are there as they have no place to go, thanks to drugs, domestic violence and abandonment. Only a small percentage are there by choice.

What Federal and State Governments should do is not e down all the empty buildings in our cities and regional centres. Whatever is found is then fitted out with beds, shower and toilet facilities and so on. If you give the homeless a safe place to live you give them a chance and some hope.

Then we look at the ridiculous demand for public housing and rental properties. It seems everywhere you go, there are very long waiting lists.

Here's an idea..instead of developers charging $150K-$300k for blocks of land for people to build on, the Governments keep that land, build on it themselves and decree on ly those on rental waiting lists and public housing waiting lists get access.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

No chance, the days of massive infrastructure spending on government development projects are finished.
Greed has won out over the common good.

Everyday low income earners are forced out of ageing public housing and into private rents craming families into dwellings that they can't afford or fit into. in the long term, this will only end badly. crime rates will increase, illegal tenant's squatting. etc, etc.

our working poor are fast running out of places to live, let alone the traditional homeless.

 

[tandino]

Here's an idea..instead of developers charging $150K-$300k for blocks of land for people to build on, the Governments keep that land, build on it themselves and decree on ly those on rental waiting lists and public housing waiting lists get access.

For the most part it's not the government's land to keep.

 

[Kirks]

Look at the reason why there are many homeless people

You wont hear the greens or labor talking about it.

 

[Xsess]

Joe could find a cure for cancer and lift everyones standard of living 30% and the great unwashed would still hate him. Best of ignoring the idiots who got the country into this mess in the first place. Carry on.

 

[pazza]

Look at the reason why there are many homeless people

You wont hear the greens or labor talking about it.

I have in the OP.

Drug use (systemic and long term)
Domestic violence (it would be wrong to discount it)
Alcohol abuse

 

[Kirks]

I have in the OP.

Drug use (systemic and long term)
Domestic violence (it would be wrong to discount it)
Alcohol abuse

Nup

 

[Belnakor]

We start with the thousands of homeless people who sleep on our streets. Most of them are there as they have no place to go, thanks to drugs, domestic violence and abandonment. Only a small percentage are there by choice.

1) there are not "thousands" sleeping on the streets. Thousands who are technically homeless but sleep with a roof over their head.
2) genuine homeless, 90% of them are mental health issues.

 

[Kirks]

"Give us free stuff like Swanny"

 

[Play by Numbers]

I have in the OP.

Drug use (systemic and long term)
Domestic violence (it would be wrong to discount it)
Alcohol abuse

Domestic violence and mental illness would be the two major causes, drug abuse is the symptom.

 

[sherb]

Joe could find a cure for cancer and lift everyones standard of living 30% and the great unwashed would still hate him. Best of ignoring the idiots who got the country into this mess in the first place. Carry on.

Nah, he doesn't need to go to that extreme.

Just stopping being an ignorant, entitled, pompous twat should do it for him.