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| City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney. |
While residents of Millers Point are still coming to terms with the news of their relocation, the NSW Government is calling for expressions of interest in their homes.
The Government Property website calls for individuals and companies to register their interest to purchase properties in Millers Point by completing a basic form.
City of Sydney councillor Irene Doutney, who herself lives in public housing, said she was outraged at the government’s action.
“This move by the NSW Government amounts to bullying of vulnerable people,” she said.
“The Millers Point community is in deep distress as their homes are literally sold out from under them.”
Cr Doutney said that the call for EOI “proves that the Government see Millers Point as nothing more than a cash cow.”
#savemillerspoint
Cr Doutney said that the plans to remove disadvantaged people from harbour side neighbourhoods was “an act of social cleansing that we will oppose at every opportunity.”
A Government Property NSW spokesman said details of the sales process were still being finalised but there had been strong interest in the properties.
View the Government Property NSW Office’s call for expressions of interest: property.nsw.gov.au/eoi. #savemillerspoint
Central recently reported that evictees of the Sirius public housing complex were being invited to weekly ‘lucky dips’ to find alternate housing in Sydney.
If more than one resident was interested in an available property elsewhere in Sydney they were invited to take part in a voluntary ballot system which would select the tenant. #savemillerspoint
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