"Affordable Housing!!"
Is the catch cry around the offices of late. This is a great scheme, designed to get more and more people into housing who might otherwise never get the chance. Nothing wrong with that.
Here's how it works. Every tenant gets a letter explaining that the Government want to offer them what's called Affordable Housing, in particular, their own public houses. All the relevant companies are on board, from mobs that do Government start up loans through to some very reputable real estate agents. If you're an investor then here's your chance. If you want to buy your first home and thought you'd never be able to afford it then you're wrong. No homes currently tenanted are being offered though, the letter explains that, but that doesn't stop people from coming into the offices screaming at us about how we're bastards for selling their houses, or looking worried that they're about to be kicked out after decades of solid tenancy. It ain't going to happen, unless...
For a while now a new policy has been under development to get rid of disruptive tenants. Damn good thing too as it has a few distinct advantages.
1] it empties houses and enables them to be sold off, thus raising money for the Government in the short term
2] it reduces the housing stock and brings us into line where the Government want us to be
3] it eliminates the wanker element and gets rid of the neighbour from hell
Well the latter isn't exactly true. The policy, and you've probably heard a minister talking about it a lot of late (we're in the news a lot, some of it is accurate, a lot is smoke and mirrors), is refer ed to as the 'Three Strikes Policy'. Basically if someone gets a series of serious complaints then they're out. Gone. And it'll be a lot harder for them to come back, if at all, because once they're evicted due to them being bastards odds on we won't want them back. However...we will still assist them with private rental meaning that the disruptive tenant will just be relocated into the private rental market. That'll be fun for a lot of them as they act like unregistered dogs in our places and generally get away with things that either a private landlord or a rental agent just won't tolerate. There's some people who are simply unable to communicate with the general public without suitable education, and sad to say they believe that landlords and rental managers will just sit there and take their swearing, threats along with verbal and physical abuse. It just won't happen. The cells will start to fill up once more as more and more people finally get arrested for assault. I'd love to be there when one of these people walk into somewhere like Toop and Toop and start screaming abuse at their rental manager. How long do you think they'll last?
Yep...I think the same.
The new policy will free up some houses, it will raise funds and it will bring us into line with the other states and we will reach our targets of public housing. It will also create an amount of havoc for private rental landlords, real estate companies and the public as a whole and it will also create a higher level of social separation and homelessness. So be careful what you ask for (in this case everyone - including me - has been baying for stricter policies on repeat disruptive tenants) because you might just get it. In the meantime buy a house while the getting is damn good.
Here's how it works. Every tenant gets a letter explaining that the Government want to offer them what's called Affordable Housing, in particular, their own public houses. All the relevant companies are on board, from mobs that do Government start up loans through to some very reputable real estate agents. If you're an investor then here's your chance. If you want to buy your first home and thought you'd never be able to afford it then you're wrong. No homes currently tenanted are being offered though, the letter explains that, but that doesn't stop people from coming into the offices screaming at us about how we're bastards for selling their houses, or looking worried that they're about to be kicked out after decades of solid tenancy. It ain't going to happen, unless...
For a while now a new policy has been under development to get rid of disruptive tenants. Damn good thing too as it has a few distinct advantages.
1] it empties houses and enables them to be sold off, thus raising money for the Government in the short term
2] it reduces the housing stock and brings us into line where the Government want us to be
3] it eliminates the wanker element and gets rid of the neighbour from hell
Well the latter isn't exactly true. The policy, and you've probably heard a minister talking about it a lot of late (we're in the news a lot, some of it is accurate, a lot is smoke and mirrors), is refer ed to as the 'Three Strikes Policy'. Basically if someone gets a series of serious complaints then they're out. Gone. And it'll be a lot harder for them to come back, if at all, because once they're evicted due to them being bastards odds on we won't want them back. However...we will still assist them with private rental meaning that the disruptive tenant will just be relocated into the private rental market. That'll be fun for a lot of them as they act like unregistered dogs in our places and generally get away with things that either a private landlord or a rental agent just won't tolerate. There's some people who are simply unable to communicate with the general public without suitable education, and sad to say they believe that landlords and rental managers will just sit there and take their swearing, threats along with verbal and physical abuse. It just won't happen. The cells will start to fill up once more as more and more people finally get arrested for assault. I'd love to be there when one of these people walk into somewhere like Toop and Toop and start screaming abuse at their rental manager. How long do you think they'll last?
Yep...I think the same.
The new policy will free up some houses, it will raise funds and it will bring us into line with the other states and we will reach our targets of public housing. It will also create an amount of havoc for private rental landlords, real estate companies and the public as a whole and it will also create a higher level of social separation and homelessness. So be careful what you ask for (in this case everyone - including me - has been baying for stricter policies on repeat disruptive tenants) because you might just get it. In the meantime buy a house while the getting is damn good.
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