We can no longer ignore our shameful housing crisis

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We can no longer ignore our shameful housing crisis
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) articulates well the reason we have soaring house prices, rents and a consequent rise in homelessness. Our broken housing system was evident as I drove home from the Palais in St Kilda on Friday night. I passed a nearby park where two Orange Sky portable shower vans enabled the homeless community there an opportunity to wash. I saw at least 50 people milling about near the vans. We cannot allow this shameful situation to continue.

When I pointed out that overseas banks do this already they claimed ignorance. They wouldn’t follow up and try to retrieve the money because it was my error. If banks made just name matching a requirement many frauds would be stopped in their tracks. Secondly, the nonsense that they can’t divulge details of the scammers’ bank accounts because that would be breach of privacy is just pathetic. These people are criminals and have no right to privacy.

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