Greens councillor Irene Doutney has warned the forced eviction of public housing residents in Millers Point may be just the tip of the iceberg.
As Millers Point residents anxiously wait for the Land and Housing Corporation to finish their assessments of the historic neighbourhood, it has been revealed they may not be the only ones facing potential eviction from their homes.
"Similar meetings have been held in Redfern and Waterloo and what happens is they go in and do this community consultation but all the time they are just assessing what they will get rid of, what they will demolish and what they will sell," Cr Doutney said.
"You already have these high-rise developments being planned for Redfern and Waterloo right on the side of the area that all this public housing sits.
"Developers are not going to want to put these sites here for a wealthy market if they are being overlooked by public housing.
"In Redfern and Waterloo the proposal was to remove 700 pubic housing dwellings but where are these people supposed to go?
"The majority of these people are good members of the community and they are just going to be brushed aside.
"We have over 50,000 people currently waiting to get into public housing as it is."
Cr Doutney said demolition by neglect was fast becoming justification of eviction.
"Some of these houses have been left to degrade for so long they can no longer be repaired," Cr Doutney said.
"I have lost count of the number of complaints I have received from residents in Millers Point, Glebe and Redfern about guttering issues that have been left for so long they are now falling apart.
"I have spoken with residents who have so much mould in their homes they are now at risk of developing bronchitis.
"There are some who have floors that have become spongy and others whose paint is peeling away or becoming bubbly."
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