00:00Three strikes and you'll be out under a social housing crackdown.
00:07We're hearing far too many examples of bad behaviour and of far too few consequences for that behaviour.
00:14Public housing tenants who receive three warnings for serious behaviour in a year will be evicted for 12 months.
00:22It includes damaging property or aggressive language.
00:26Tenants kicked out for committing illegal offences will be banned from reapplying for two years.
00:32We've had a 140% increase in damage to our properties since the behaviour policy was changed by the former Labor government.
00:42The LNP brought in a three strike rule under Campbell Newman in 2013.
00:47The people here have obviously had no respect whatsoever for the property and that is simply not acceptable.
00:53But the housing minister insists the policies aren't the same.
00:57No, absolutely not. We have a progressive scale of consequences at the disposal of our housing officers.
01:05Discretion will be given to tenants with complex needs such as mental illness, disability and domestic violence.
01:12The opposition says the Queensland Government should focus on building new homes instead to reduce the social housing waitlist.
01:19The state government says housing officers and tenants were consulted but advocates have hit out at the approach.
01:26I'm very disappointed that we're at this point.
01:29I think there's a lot of things we need to do to actually prevent these kind of harsh responses.
01:36Good solutions to tricky problems in Queensland are resolved through good consultation with all of the people and stakeholders involved.
01:45The changes will come into effect next month.
01:50Oh, yeah.
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