Public housing and human rights: 26 April 2011
Written by Jordana on May 3, 2011 – 5:30 pm -A recently proposed law will give the Office of Housing the powers to evict public housing tenants who have been charged with drug trafficking. We speak with Chris Povey from Homeless Persons Legal Clinic to explore the debate around appropriate use of tax-payer funded housing and broader concerns such as the impact on families and emergency housing sectors. We also talk with Huy Zhou from Fitzroy Legal Service about issues of double punishment, the law’s impact on criminal proceedings, and the contradiction inherent in evicting people from public housing for the same reasons that often lead them to require housing in the first place.
Tags: eviction, human rights, tenancy
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DBL: Regulating Rooming Houses, 28 October 2008
Written by marian on October 28, 2008 – 1:45 am -Tonight on Done by Law we talk to Caroline Adler, principal lawyer at the PILCH Homeless Persons Legal Clinic. The Clinic, along with the Tenants Union of Victoria and the Council to Homeless Persons have
been granted standing to appear at the Coronial Inquest into thedeaths of Leigh Sinclair and Christopher Giorgi. Leigh and Christopher died in a rooming house fire in Sydney Road Brunswick in 2006. The inquest began on 20th October. Caroline will discuss concerns about inadequate regulation of rooming houses which will be raised by the three services at the inquest. Caroline says “It is hoped that this inquest will provide a catalyst for the Victorian government to act to prevent future deaths and to radically improve rooming house regulation, accountability and enforcement. “
Tags: PILCH, rooming houses, tenancy, Tenants Union of Victoria
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