Tuesday, 29 October 2024

 Gabrielle DE VIETRI (Richmond) (14:53): (866) My question is for the Minister for Housing. A month ago Richmond residents heard that their homes would be demolished so that the Labor government could give the land over to private developers. Elderly members of the Vietnamese community like Lee, who arrived in Australia as a refugee, are among those who have made their lives here. Over the last few weeks residents have told me of deceptive and coercive behaviour from Homes Victoria officers under instruction to get residents out as quickly as possible: residents who want to stay being threatened and pressured to sign relocation agreements and residents only being shown a single page and instructed to sign without ever having seen the remaining pages of the agreement. Minister, why is Homes Victoria pressuring residents to sign a contract that they do not want to sign and that they have not even been given the chance to read?