By: popholmes2006
31/01/2009
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...A couple of weeks ago, a friend in a NORTHERN area trust house moved out!
..I found out Yesterday, that they are not replacing her!
The House Is Going To Sale!!
With all the problems of HOUSING, I find this UTTER CARP!
Are you with me?
If you have your name down with the trust, ask them why they are selling YOUR house!
It is WITH The GREEN |
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By: mum2four77
31/01/2009
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thay are upgrading smithfield, daveron pk and elizabeth pk proberly other areas. Old house are either being knocked downed or thay are being sold off cause thay too expensive to maintain.
there is meant to being new houses built with money from the budget. They also have plans to build houses and sell them at 20% below cost to low income people or something |
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By: mum2four77
31/01/2009
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The Affordable Homes program is a Housing SA initiative to increase the supply of low cost homes.
Preference for the sale of an Affordable Home is given to "eligible buyers" and low and moderate income South Australian buyers. See Eligibility assessment for more information.
If you are looking to buy an affordable home, see 7 steps to owning an affordable home.
If you are not eligible for affordable housing, or want to purchase a property for investment purposes, we can direct you to one of our contracted real estate agents. See the links on the Property locator page.
If you are a potential business partner and would like to be involved, see the Affordable Housing Innovations Program for more information.
Fact sheets
http://www.dfc.sa.gov.au/pub/default.aspx?tabid=17 1&itemid=1265 |
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By: tash8497
1/02/2009
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| The organisation I worked for had reps from (then named) SA Hsg Trust visit some yrs ago. We were informed back then, that most people on their waiting lists will never get a trust house. Even on Priority One, it's quite a wait. Perhaps with the sale of so many trust homes and demolition also, the stock will never be at the previous level? |
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By: mum2four77
1/02/2009
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| there dose not need to be so many people in Housing trust housing due to Rent assistance and houseing trust handing out bonds for private rental home. I was renting a private rental house for cheaper than an housing trust house when you took off the rent assitance I got for the house. Why would I have need a houseing trust home. |
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By: tash8497
4/02/2009
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| mum2four do you live in suburban area? My daughter's kids go to sub schools in Adelaide and private rental is a killer. I can understand that it wld be cheaper the further out you go, but for city dwellers, not so. Very difficult for people who've been left to fend for themselves/children paying private rent, even given the C/L rent assistance. |
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By: angel_on_her_knees_23
6/02/2009
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some of us that cant get rent assistance find it hard..
but housing trust is a joke..
there are people who get one and ruin it and then get another..
my dad has been on priority one for 2 years..they told him a year
my ex neighbour has been in australia for 6 months and got one straight away..
wheres the justice?? |
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By: rikkilee_sweetland
12/06/2009
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I am currently in a housing trust house and have just been told that I have to leave by the 2nd of aug. It's highly frustrating as I have taken great care of my house and I constantly drive by housing trust houses which have been totally trashed, I mean there was a family who used to live in my area who kept trashing there house and housing trust just kept relocating them which was totally unfair they didn't deserve the houses they were given.
I know housing SA gives out bond and centerlink hands out rent assistance but private rental isn't permanent people don't want to be moving houses every 12 months they want a place they can call home and raise a family can create memories.
Housing SA needs to stop selling off houses n start giving them to people in need. |
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By: tash8497
13/06/2009
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| The Housing Sa subject is certainly a vexed one. apparently many properties have been sold, many demolished and many sit empty for long periods of time, yet there are so many needy people who could do with these houses and would look after them well. My daughter has been on the list for 16 yrs, now on priority one and will still have a lengthy wait. I've been told that many NOT on priority one will never get a place. Govt's priorities are all up a creek I reckon - what's more important than more new trams eh?! |
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By: rrianaflo
22/06/2009
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'If you have your name down with the trust, ask them why they are selling YOUR house!'
YOUR house??? I think not. These are taxpayer funded homes, they are not yours until you decide to purchase them, just like everyone else has to.
As for people have their names on the Housing Trust waiting list for 16 years it makes me wonder... if these people have managed to survive in other types of accommodation for 16 years or more then why do they need a Housing Trust home??? They have proved they can survive well enough without one.
To spend 16 years making housing trust home your goal in life seems bizarre - that's a lot of years to be sitting back and just waiting.........
Some people need to alter their mentality - it's not up to the government to do everything for them, eg provide an endless pension and a home as well. The only exception I can think of are permanently disabled people.
Families should be made more responsible for helping out other immediate family members and stop waiting for the government to fix ALL their problems. |
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By: tash8497
22/06/2009
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| rrianaflo, some of "these people" have survived by not being able to have clothes and other goods except for second hand and also assistance from families, inc accom. at times with the family. There is no other way if you don't have the income - you just go without a lot of things, especially if dealing with mental illness. Walk a mile in some people's shoes maybe? |
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By: rrianaflo
23/06/2009
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"some of "these people" have survived by not being able to have clothes and other goods except for second hand and also assistance from families, inc accom. at times with the family. There is no other way if you don't have the income - you just go without a lot of things.."
So what? Lots of people go 'without a lot of things' in order to purchase their own home, in order to pay their bills, in order to feed their children...
If you read my post properly you would have noted that from this argument I excluded people with disabilities (yes across the board, including people disabled by severe mental illness).
I know for a fact that some of 'these people', for example, those on so-called 'part disability' payments still manage to cry poor even though they can managed to find the money to drink, smoke and gamble whilst sitting back and waiting for a government house. That makes most taxpayers angry.
There are too many able-bodied people out there clogging up Housing Trust waiting lists. |
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By: tash8497
23/06/2009
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| I take your point rrianaflo, and used to work (somewhat) in this area, so understand what you are saying. I'm just trying to explain my point in a civil manner, and without putting people down whom I don't know. Have a great day. |
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23/06/2009
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By: rrianaflo
24/06/2009
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***I take your point rrianaflo, and used to work (somewhat) in this area, so understand what you are saying. I'm just trying to explain my point in a civil manner, and without putting people down whom I don't know. Have a great day.***
I too used to work in 'this area'and that is part of the reason I have developed a somewhat hardline attitude generally. Too many people expect to have it all when, for a variety of reasons, they don't put in the same groundwork as your everyday working-class man. Inequality is innate to our existence - death is the only true equaliser. |
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By: tash8497
24/06/2009
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| Yes, there are certainly the element (and always will be) of those who "work the system"; and, it's very frustrating, as you wld obviously know from your experiences, observing this. There are definitely many needy people who find it difficult to help themselves and seek accom and assistance from families whilst waiting to get a property. There will always be this situation unfortunatley. Appreciate your comments. |
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By: tash8497
24/06/2009
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| sth, I agree that there are those who take advantage of the ever-paying tax payer and think the world owes them a living. There are also those, and always will be, who genuinely need assistance. Very difficult sometimes to sort the sheep from the goats so to speak. I try to go with the premise that the "losers" are in the minority. |
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By: anthonypeace77
5/08/2009
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Hullo. You asked why people might want to be in a housing Trust home? One big reason is housing for life, housing security. Regarless of your circumstances you have a place to live. If housing SA has to demolish or sell they are obliged to find you other accomodation. Very few if any private landlords can promise that.
Another related reason is no matter what happens with your finacial situation, employed or not, you are able to bring your rent down or up depending on your income. Its a matter of social justice.
Unfortuanately when it comes to transfering to another house in the Housing SA there is a long wait. I am looking to transfer to a two bedroom but it could be a long wait. What are other Housing SA tenants/peoples experiences? Cheers |
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By: markus5006
5/08/2009
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most the people i have met who have "Housing Trust" homkes dont actually need them.. they simply believe they are entitled to "cheap housing"..
join the real world and pay full "private" rental..
the ONLY people who should be allowed "emergency housing" (which was why the Trust was originally established) should be those in URGENT DIRE need of subsidied housing.. and it should be SHORT TERM ONLY |
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By: matmosrulez
5/08/2009
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most the people i have met who have "Housing Trust" homkes dont actually need them.. they simply believe they are entitled to "cheap housing"..blah blah blah..................... ......................... .....
The housing trust are very thourough on who is allowed into their system and they have waiting lists of years for some clients! It is only a shorter wait if your disabled, have health issues or homeless!
Private renting is very unstable these days too its not like it was a decade ago. Have you seen the rental prices that greedy landlords are sucking out of tenants that are desperate for housing?
Most private rentals are over priced, need maintainance, and are short term!
If someone is eligable for Housing trust they are well within their rights to go for it!
The Housing Trust offers a secure home for their clients.
They also help out to pay peoples bonds that are in need!
I think the Housing Trust is very helpful & like I said they do their checks on people! |
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By: rrianaflo
6/08/2009
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"Another related reason is no matter what happens with your finacial situation, employed or not, you are able to bring your rent down or up depending on your income. Its a matter of social justice."
Ok, so where's the 'social justice' for someone struggling to pay a mortgage who then, for example, loses their job and can't make the payments to the bank?
I'm fed up with able-bodied people wanting/expecting to be molly-coddled by the state. |
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By: rrianaflo
6/08/2009
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"Private renting is very unstable these days too its not like it was a decade ago. Have you seen the rental prices that greedy landlords are sucking out of tenants that are desperate for housing?"
Have you seen the price of housing these days?
Potential landlords have to take out larger loans than ever before in order to purchase property and along with that of course comes hefty mortgage repayments which translates to higher rents. The cost of renting in Adelaide is relatively low compared to other states, particularly if you move to the outer suburbs (where in fact it is possible to purchase property where your mortgage repayments would be LOWER than the rent you would pay on the same property). |
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By: sthncross4eva
6/08/2009
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| i'm sick & tired of losers who blow all their money on pokies, cigarettes and alcohol and as a result will never get anywhere in life criticise those who have achieved...and people who own houses and rent them out are achievers... |
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By: markus5006
6/08/2009
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"Private renting is very unstable these days too its not like it was a decade ago. Have you seen the rental prices that greedy landlords are sucking out of tenants that are desperate for housing?
Most private rentals are over priced, need maintainance, and are short term!"
wah wah wah.. yes I rent I know exactly how the private rental market works..
Housing Trust home with 2 cars in the driveway (one a V8 commodore) a boat and an playstation3 with Big Screen TV?
do these people need "emergency subsidised housing" no they dont...
MOST of the people I have met who are either living in HT homes or "on the list" simply do not want to spend the money required to rent a "real house"
they think they deserve something.. (cheap housing for the rest of their lives)
well Im sorry if you have a "real emergency" then fine get some short term housing til you "get back ojn your feet" but you should NOT ber allowed to stay in a HT house indefinately and if the "tenants" circumstances change (i.e they get jobs) then turf them out into he "real world"..
HT housing shold be for short term emergency housijng.. just coz you are "unemployed" or cant be bothered improving yourself doesnt mean the world owes you anything.. |
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By: markus5006
6/08/2009
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"i'm sick & tired of losers who blow all their money on pokies, cigarettes and alcohol"
these are exactly the people Im talking about (I drink and smioke but pay for my own rent)
sitting in the front yard drinking beers all day... abusing their neighbours (usually elderly who have bought their own HT hkouse and now cannot move friom these scumbags) letting their kids bludge school and wander the streets
why do we HAVE to supply these people with "cheap homes" (usually to be totally trashed/destroyed to then be given another one)
I have no problesm with people whop REALLY need emergency housing (partners kicked out of their home with the kids, victims of Domestic Violence) but I dont NOT pay taxes to subsidise multiple generations of "slackers" to sit on their asses all day.. |
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