QLD CP NEWS HOUSING 10JUN21
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Subscriber only SINGLE mum with three children Holly Vincent wants to move into this three-bedroom public housing home at Manoora that has been vacant since January. But the Department of Housing has knocked back her application. The house at 17 Enmore St became empty in January and since then vandals have moved on the house to smash windows and graffiti the building. In a shocking waste of state resources and despite desperate need for low-cost housing stock multiple housing commission properties across Cairns lie languishing and empty, including one Manunda house that s been vacant for five months.
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Older people are not “refusing” to leave their homes to make them available to prospective buyers. They have the right to retain their homes as long as they wish.
The blaze happened on Monday (June 7) night at about 9.15pm. North Wales Police and crews from North Wales Fire and Rescue Service attended the fire, which could fortunately be controlled and put out without any injuries to the public.
Jordan Love captured these dramatic photos of the blaze ripping through Holyhead Mountain Police attended the incident due to reports that the fire had been set deliberately by youths in the area. Sergeant Ian Roberts said: “Not only is deliberate fire setting a crime, it is highly irresponsible and dangerous. Whoever was involved is very lucky that there weren’t more serious consequences on this occasion.