Minister for Housing Steve Edgington says the government’s public housing reforms include strengthening policies to fast-track evictions, reviewing visitor management and the Red Card Policy, as well as giving greater powers to public housing officers.

He told Katie Woolf the CLP will also work with the Federal Government regarding rent deductions from Centerlink payments, saying he’s aware of people going in and cancelling rent arrangements, giving staff the run-around.

Mr Edgington says Labor wiped remote rent debt of almost $70 million in December 2021, but arrears have now accumulated to $39 million, and the CLP is working to claw it back.

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