City Housing Tenants Get Bad Deal over Leafy Gutters

It would appear the City housing tenants are getting a bad deal. Their rents have gone up steadily over the past few years to increase maintenance and yet their streets are clearly not being cleaned or looked after properly.

I have been told there have been numerous complaints regarding the leafs in the gutters and yet nothing has been done. It is unacceptable that simply because they are city housing tenants they are getting a lower level of service for street cleaning.

The result of these gutters not being cleaned regularly is the drains are now filled with leaves and if it rains the streets will be subject to massive flooding.

I encourage City Housing tenants to continue to lodge complaints and will be seeking a report from the Council on what has led to the failure of the current arrangements so that it can be fixed in future.

Also it is worth noting that other residents in public streets should ring the main council number 941 8999 and lodge requests for service if they are having similar problems.