Public housing tenants have taken their fight to end no-grounds evictions to the WA Supreme Court.
Earlier this week, an amendment to the Residential Tenancies Act , which would have brought an end to no-ground evictions for public housing tenants in WA, failed to pass through parliament.
Fixed-term tenancies are usually afforded to people who have an adverse history and can be terminated by the Housing Authority without cause, putting that person, or family, at risk of becoming homeless. SCALES Community Legal Centre solicitor Kate Davis claims the Housing Authority’s use of fixed-term tenancies for public housing tenants is unlawful. Picture: NCA NewsWire
“Evictions from public housing lead almost certainly to homelessness which means kids lose their schooling and their health.Ms Davies said the more than half the families on fixed-term tenancies in public housing were Aboriginal families who were disproportionately impacted by no-grounds evictions. On Friday, WA Supreme Court Justice Kathleen Glancy heard two separate cases involving people living in state-owned public housing who are facing eviction.
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