Housing is a right and a basic need.
Right now, the Palmerston North City Council has proposed to charge market rent for their social housing.
Council social housing must be affordable; for our current tenants, pensioners, vulnerable communities, and for the next generations. To charge market rents is a betrayal of citizens who need subsidised housing the most. Even a $7-$17 increase in rent paid will eat into the basic needs of those with little to spare and opens the door to further increases. Suitable housing is a human right and needs to be considered in terms of people lives first and foremost.
Please stand with us and sign the petition. Even better, tell your local councillors to vote no for market rent on social housing.
https://www.pncc.govt.nz/yourcouncil/mayor-and-councillors/councillors/
