Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill
21/02/2013
The Hon. K.L. VINCENT (15:30): Today I will speak very briefly in support of the second reading of the Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous) Amendment Bill 2012. As has already been covered, having access to safe affordable housing is essential to the welfare of our citizens. Accessible and available accommodation is an oft-discussed issue in the disability sector and, for those of you who monitor the unmet needs list as closely as I do, you would be aware that the number of people with disabilities who are homeless or at imminent risk of being homeless remains at a frankly embarrassing high, and that is a blight on our claim that we live in a modern civilised society that takes care of its citizens. However, perhaps I digress somewhat.
In relation to this bill, other members in this place have raised a number of questions in regard to the implementation of the bill itself such as pet bonds, and I look forward to these questions being answered during the committee stage of debate but at this stage I support the bill.
