UFO suggested $200 per week.

I have no idea how many people in Australia are in government housing but even if there were only 100,000 country wide that would be

$25,000,000 per WEEK...or  $1,300,000,000 per year.

I am sure that it does not cost anywhere near that for upkeep of government housing per year.

I can really see the goverment agreeing to do this when UFO lobby's them...NOT.

Yes, it would be 'dead' money.

I can't see C/L handing over $250 a week for a private rental when the low income person is only contributing $150 either.

Plus their unemployment benefit; disability benefit ;parenting payment, family tax benefit.

Those that are fit for work wouldn't have any incentive to work, if they get payments plus a nice private house to live in at a huge discount not afforded to people that do work.

There is an acute shortage of private rentals in the wider area where I live... adding public housing tenants to the demand would mean many homeless, even those that can afford to pay market rent.

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@pct001wine wrote:

I'm thinking that the OP's worst nightmare would be to have neighbours in a publicly-funded house that are welfare-dependent and Muslim.

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And homosexual.

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Not here we don't!