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| Subject: Statist idiots: OZschwitz homeless run up $100 million hotel bill Sat Jun 30, 2012 7:34 pm | |
| The NSW government has spent $100 million on hotel rooms for homeless people since 2000, as public housing declines and shelters turn away those in need.
A Sun-Herald investigation has obtained documents under freedom-of-information laws that show the program's rapidly multiplying budget reached $27 million last financial year, up from $3 million in 2000.
A professor of housing policy at the University of NSW, Hal Pawson, said the amount of money spent on hotels in the past decade was enough to build 400 homes under public housing. Advertisement: Story continues below
The After Hours Temporary Accommodation Line, run by Housing NSW, refers people who cannot find other accommodation to hotel and motel rooms at a cost of about $100 a night. But they cannot stay for more than a month in any given year, and must look for permanent accommodation during their stay.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/homeless-run-up-100-million-hotel-bill-20120630-219d2.html#ixzz1zK48Zpmz
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