I AM one of the 22 per cent of those in social housing in Ashfield that Garry Butler (Unfair burden, Eastern Reporter, January 19) wants to evict so house values may increase.
I moved to Ashfield 17 years ago and live independently even though I am confined to a wheelchair.
I have some questions for Mr Butler.
Am I on your list of people in social housing that should be moved?
Who is on your list and in what order or time frame is this reduction going to take place?
You say you are not against social housing per se, but by your actions you are against the 22 per cent who have made Ashfield home.
When you say you speak for the residents of West Ward I remind you that less than 16 per cent supported you with their vote at the recent council elections.
As to your claim about house values due to social housing, over the past 10 years values in Ashfield have risen at 12.5 per cent compared to the metro average of 11.3 per cent.
Your other claims about saturation creating social problems isn’t supported by facts from UWA’s crime research centre; in fact things are worse in Bassendean or Bayswater and other areas with less social housing.
Why don’t you declare that you are an estate agent?
Why do you think real people in real homes are a percentage?
Higher house values that you so desperately seek will only lead to more demand for social housing, so where is your argument?
It is profit before people if you are on Butler’s list.