Northern Metropolitan Region
Samantha RATNAM (Northern Metropolitan) (12:51): (1154) My constituency question is to the Minister for Housing. Amal Muslih lives in a two-bedroom unit in Broadmeadows with her son who she says has ADHD. Amal has been repeatedly harassed, intimidated and threatened by an abusive neighbour, and she has reported this to the housing office a number of times. However, the housing office has refused to do anything to support Amal and her son. They say she is on the priority transfer waitlist, but she has been on that transfer list for almost four years. Amal has sometimes had to resort to staying with a friend so that she and her son can sleep peacefully, only to return to her home damaged by her neighbour. The housing office has also threatened Amal with removing her from the transfer list if she continues to stay elsewhere, purely because she has to stay elsewhere for safety. Minister, I have written to you before, but nothing has changed. Will you intervene now and ensure Amal has safe and stable housing for herself and her son?