The fate of schools sites

This lady looked perfectly normal/respectable and had a job (i think), she just couldn’t find a place to rent that she could afford. She was in a private rental, but it got sold recently.

And the problem was compounded by being at this caravan park up the back of Watson, and having to try to bus around Canberra to look at properties. She also had to try to bus the kids to school early in the mornings.

The point of the story was that the housing crisis isn’t just deros living on park benches, it has now moved deeper to less well off families finding life very very tough.

Anyway – she was

Win is more credible than the CT. At least Win has to read out the press releases rather than reprinting them verbatim.

Agree with Bonfire on the housing ‘crisis’. Apparantly blocks at Forde were passed in at auction. The estate agent suggested that maybe the pressure had finally come off the market.

Fck I hate people that have kids and can’t afford to look after them properly.

Then again WIN news is hardly a credible news program.

WIN news had a lady with 2 primary school kids living in a one room cabin at a caravan park cos her rental place got sold and she couldn’t get another one.

the housing crisis is a puff of wind blown by the real estate industry and its MBA white shoe brethren.

show me the ‘homeless’ people then i’ll conced that such a crisis exists.

anything else is just middle class media inspired angst.

The housing affordabilty taskforce report is due this week, apparantly. I wonder what that will say about old school sites and what should happen.

Do you think they will try and tell us that a $10 million site in Chifley should be turned into affordable housing?

Having made the decision to close the schools, the govt’s best course of action is more likely than not to be to sell off the land. Not much point hanging onto old buildings, having them un(der)used by community groups. The opportunity cost is too great in having assets sitting idle. The responsible course of action for govt is to maximise its returns, cash in and use the money productively for other useful services – although with Stanhope and co they will most likely piss it down the drain on bullshit statues, arboreta, etc.

Vote for the Party Party Party Party! They may not run the place any better, but at least we’ll all have a good time.

I’ve noticed this Govt makes it up as they go along.

I mean look at Griffith Library…sneaky sneaky.

I can’t wait for the next election.

Also, the comment about “We’re not in the real estate market…”: that was the exact reason trotted out by various federal governments to sell off land and buildings over the last 15 years.