Yep and i am grateful and happy to have it, although it’s a catch 22, your income has to stay so low to keep it, so if i work even just a few hours i will loose the house, putting me into the private market where i will be poorer then i am now while working 40+ hours a week. Also when your teenagers start working they take 25% of their income, which is diabolical, my teen has worked since she was 13.8 months, now she is almost 17 and has a diploma in Early Childhood Education Homeswest want 25% of her wage, which means she will be paying more in rent then i am! Makes things very difficult for the balance of the house, its hard to discipline a teenager who effectively holds the lease on our house! This is the reason many government housing kids never work and go straight onto benefits, continuing the welfare cycle. I wont allow my kids to do that, they must study and work and alight from this situation.

yes and very grateful for it

No.
And one time i needed help, i tried to apply, and between housing and centrelink they didn't care and had huge waiting lists BUT a friend of mine went in crying and got priority housing like a week after i went in there and was told it was 7 years wait.
So fucked off at the system

No but I used to when I was in the military.

I was on a priority list for 3 months before I got a brand new unit (in WA). This was just before the waitlists skyrocketed years ago. I was in the place for 10years. My god it was wonderful moving out and giving someone else the same opportunity I had

I lived in one for a few years after a bad break up forced me from our marital home. I moved out as soon as I got back on my feet. I often wonder where I would have ended up if it weren't for state housing

We grew up in a government house over 30yrs ago. Back then almost every house in our small town was a public house which the remnants then bought off them

No