Despite the ending the privatization of public housing, the sector is still facing a crisis

Despite the government’s ending the privatization of public housing, the sector is still facing a crisis, says Mike Treen, the National Director of Unite. “The new government has stopped the planned privatization of large parts of the state housing stock of around 70,000 homes. At least another 30,000 had been built but these were sold off in previous years. But the current stockpile hasn’t increased in decades. The state housing stock has been starved of support for decades and become simply the place of last resort for the destitute.”