It was encouraging to see many of you at yesterday’s event in Parliament House, Millers Point: Community or Commodity which marked one year since the government announced the cruel mass sell-off and relocation of the Millers Point, Dawes Point and The Rocks community. My thanks to filmmaker Blue Lucine for organising the event and to everyone who continues to fight to keep your homes and community, and ensure we keep social housing in the inner city and protect your heritage significant area.
A preview of Blue’s documentary screed at yesterday’s event can be viewed HERE. Blue will continue to document the plight of the Millers Point community and can be contacted at contact.forcedout@gmail.com.
As you know, one year on and there is still no clear information on how proceeds of sales will be spent, with less than 10 properties sold. Over 200 homes sit vacant, while 60,000 people wait for a home and many local residents suffer serious physical and mental health issues. This undermines the government's claims that the sales will result in more social housing – so far there are fewer homes and no tracking of where funds are going.
I continue to appeal to the Government to at the very least allow the elderly residents of the area to age in place and not be forcibly evicted.
You can read my article in yesterday’s Sydney Morning Herald HERE.
The Millers Point community has so far survived developers greed, 16 years of eviction by neglect from the former labor government and social cleansing under the Liberal Government. I will continue to fight alongside you to retain and maintain social housing in Millers Point.
Let's keep fighting!
Alex
Alex Greenwich MP
http://www.alexgreenwich.com/
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