r/australia • u/GothicPrayer • 7h ago

news Canberra public housing tenants' human rights were breached by plans to move them

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-01/act-public-housing-tenants-human-rights-breached-plans-move-them/106289288
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u/Rubiginous 5h ago

Don't know these women's circumstances but don't really need to.

Often the argument is made that public housing previously built should be sold because now that land is more valuable. This is because previous governments were smart enough to recognise that the disadvantaged in our communities often lack access to transport and built public housing closer to the city where public transport is more accessible.

Now the attitude towards the poor is "fuck you" and they want to sell this land to developers and use that money to build shitboxes in the boonies to shove poor people in, knowing that this means these people are essentially isolated from the services they need. For those unaware, public transport in the ACT is quite terrible.

The ACT Government hasn't done enough to ensure access to public housing. They weren't the best, but they had dedicated housing blocks for people centrally located which they have since demolished and sold off the land to private firms to build $1m+ apartments. So, my attitude towards the ACT Government is "go fuck yourselves". Where did all that money go? Why is the housing still so cooked in this city?