Squatters say they’re helping relieve the housing affordability crisis – but the NSW reconstruction authority disagrees
‘I don’t think this many houses should be sitting here, going to waste, rotting away, when there’s so many people struggling with housing,’ says Lachlan Gleeson.‘I don’t think this many houses should be sitting here, going to waste, rotting away, when there’s so many people struggling with housing,’ says Lachlan Gleeson.
“Mainly because the housing affordability around here is really bad. It’s hard to get a place,” he says. “The community aspect is also a big one, and also the political aspect. Gleeson says the NSWRA has hired a private security company to monitor the empty houses people are squatting in. He claims the agency has been difficult to engage with.
A NSWRA spokesperson said the unauthorised use of the properties without power and water posed an “unacceptable risk” to health and safety, “including an increased risk from fire and sanitation issues as well as the impact of mould”.“Our focus is on ensuring those homes are removed or reused and recycled,” they said.
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