Housing Queensland failed to provide safe Housing for their tenants at 69 Alice Street BIGGENDEN 4621. Housing Queenlsland Qbuild and contractors working for them have failed in their duty of care with negligence.
The complex at 69 Alice Street consists of 16 units in a duplex setup. It is currently managed by the Dep Housing Bundaberg which is over an hour away from Biggenden. Staff visit the complex anually once only for inspection day.
The complex is home to 16 duplex units of low income marginialized tenants. All are pensioners, many aged low income marginalized and disabled as is all other tenants disabled, some with dementia. For example Dave MC Connell 81 unit 6. He is deaf and prone to wander around knocking on other residents door to show them his 1970 pension card, over and over again.
Today he was panicking because contractors illegally knocked on his door and demanded he empty his shed within two hours or it would be bulldozed and demolished. Today he was screaming at his son that unit 16 where his shed things were stored, had stolen his items. He does not know what this construction is taking place outside his door. I and other residents are worried he will wander and fall or walk in front of the trucks that are going in and out of the complex all day without safety go stop people.
There is no warning signs to avoid. Only cyclone wire. Old Dave, who many residents calls Pops, thinks he is being kept prisoner as he is not allowed to go out his back door, there is cyclone wire there. His yard is blocked off with no warning and no permissions were granted or dave informed in a way he can understand by housing..
Robbie unit unit 7 is in his 80s and walks straight past the current construction to get to his car. This is dangerous. There are no warning signs and trucks all day.
These trucks and the contractors cars travel over the speed limit in the complex.
All day we are assaulted by the sounds of jackhammers and construction noises, once again this is an over 55s complex which is illegal and discriminatory as housing does not have the certificates or approval for this under the aged care and disability acts but yet refused under 55s from being residents. Bryce 33, in unit 5 had to wait more them 3 years to be allowed to stay as carer for his father. Housing are blocking people carers from residing who are under 55 which is basically an impossibility due to rules of lifting patients.
Dace from Unit 6 young Dave (dickie) does not know whether he can stay or not housing has not spoken to him about that in a way that he can understand. Housing has told other tenant that Dave is there illegally. He has been here 5 years.
We had no warning and were not told of the major contraction until the 8th pf may, even then we were banned from looking at the plans.
As disabled and aged residents we had the rights to be told in a fair manner exactly what is going on with our homes. The disabled and aged residents have been discriminated against on a vast scale, as has the two religious tenants in number 4 and 12 who are being told that the gardens they lovingly built and dedicated with their religious rites are to be demolished without consultation just illegal orders. The tenants do not know there rights, have not been informed of their rights or there rights to advocacy and to be treated with respect and dignity.
Under the Residential Tenancies act regarding major construction the lessor is supposed to wait under tenants leases are ended.
Disabled and aged residents had the right to be accommodated elsewhere with their pets under housing Queensland’s duty of care which they have been neglectful in.
Housing Queensland and Qbuild under the same duty of care have been negligent by destroying disabled tenants religious shrines and gardens and refusing three times to satisfactorily assist to remove without damage items to a safe place. Housing Queensland under Rules of Entry and right to quiet enjoyment were illegally trespassing when tenants personal property has been demolished.
Contractors acting under false information have actively destroyed tenants belongings.
Contractors and housing has bullied tenants stood over them and threatened to have their items bulldozed which they end up doing
Contractors qbuild and housing Queensland have entered a campaign of conspiracy to pervert justice against the few tenants who have spoken up. Both Qbuild and Housing Queensland have breached privacy laws and created blockages contrary to freedom of information laws and codes of practice of Queensland government.
