The Whale’s been quiet for a while, as he and Mrs Whale have been off on their “grey nomad” trip around this wonderful country of ours, albeit with sporadic access to the internet.
I’ve been following the Housing NSW story in the SMH, and even had a call from the Reporter who wrote the article and the follow-up (which I haven’t seen).
Anyhow …. I’m back, and somewhat shocked to today find out that one of our Owners has made his Unit available to a local Community Centre that, under a Government Funded Scheme, “supports families who are at risk of losing their tenancy because they may have fallen behind in the rent and/or received an eviction notice.”
Whilst I acknowledge (with experience) that not all Public Housing Tenants are By-Law ignorant ratbags, I fear that there’s a high propensity for people who require “community assistance” because they have not paid their rent and/or have received an Eviction Notice for goodness knows what with regard to their previous rental to behave badly.
Right now, I don’t know what arrangement has been entered into by our Owner, or about the nature of the likely sub-tenancy agreement for these psuedo Public Housing Tenants, but I’ll use S119 of the SCMA in an attempt to find out.
I think I know the answer to this question, but what opinions do readers have have about a Special By-Law preventing (ideally) or at least placing conditions on sub-tenancy arrangements in toto, that is irrespective of whether it’s Housing NSW or anyone else?