Look, I get that they're trying to repair the damage caused by generations of issues, alcohol and drug abuse, welfare dependency, physical and mental health conditions within families. I know that it means that it's a long-term incremental process to turn the lives of people around and good on the Government.
But what about the other vulnerable people? The 30,000 people, the 5000 families living in motels right now who are desperate for a home? The need has never been greater and when those people living a precarious existence in motels know that their situation will be made even more precarious. What will happen to the 30,000 people who are currently living in motels and some have been there for more than two years?
It does seem that behaving in the worst possible way basically earns you a home for life.
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