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Social housing tenant could be evicted today over $260 in arrears
Social housing tenants say they have been getting a wave of strongly-worded termination notices in inner-city Sydney.
Key points:
- Local MP Jenny Leong says the NSW Department of Communities and Justice are currently sending 30 termination notices a week to social housing tenants
- Peter Gawronski might be evicted over a $262.22 debt to the department
- The epartment says it’s working with tenants to recover the money
Peter “Pierre” Gawronski, better known as “the bird man” around his Surry Hills neighbourhood, was told in a letter from the NSW Department of Communities and Justice that he was $262.22 in arrears.
The letter, which he received two weeks ago, informed him he could be evicted as soon as March 6 — today’s date — if he doesn’t pay…
