Drug users - drug pushers - prostitutes - people with mental illness - have as much right to public housing as any other member of the community.
This was the response from a spokesperson from Youth and Family Services, commenting on the " human jungle " of public housing in the Greene, Todd and Bent streets precinct at Warrawong.
That is perfectly correct, the only problem is that few would welcome such people as their next door neighbour. If that did happen, complaints would be certain and there would be a push to have them moved elsewhere.
It seems that the Youth and Family people simply designated this area as home for all of society's misfits - on the basis that they deserve each other. There is the added benefit that by corralling them in a central block the police can be used to reduce the worst of human failings.
Unfortunately some people fall through the cracks in the system - and some unfortunate families with children find themselves imprisoned in this " human jungle ".
Money is being spent to upgrade housing and the worst offenders are being moved elsewhere. Progress is being made and eventually this evil precinct may see better times.
But that will be at the expense of other public housing suburbs. Every time a misfit is moved from this ghetto - expect a new problem where it didn't occur before !
Compassion for some equates to pain for others !
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